South African Music Archive Project
Initiation song
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- Artist(s): Lunda boys and men (Performer) | Composer: Dikisoni Muhuji (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Dikisoni Muhuji, Folk music, Idiophone, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Lunda, Lunda, Ndembo, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Stick, Zambia, ILAM | Initiation song with struck Idiophones. Translated English title - "Chambamba is slave to a white man." Further details refer ILAM field card number C4Q17
- Artist(s): Robison Banda (Leader) | Composer: Nyanja men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Banda,Robison, Chewa, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1468
- Artist(s): Sotho men (Performer) | Composer: Malefetsane Mosese (Performer) | 1959/11/27 | Basutoland, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Lengae, Lesotho, Malefetsane Mosese, Maseru, Sotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Lengae initiation song, unaccompanied. Translated English title - "Hey, Kogo!" Further details refer ILAM field card (N2E9)
- 1950-00-00 | Clapping, Drum, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0786
- Composer: Tumbuka women and girls(Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Uzamba, ILAM | Uzamba dance song -initiation song with two goblet drums and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY3)
- Artist(s): Kaonde men and women (Performer) | Composer: Noah Laisi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/16 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kaonde, Kaonde, Laisi,Noah, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Shonongo, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Shonongo dance music. Translated English title - "Losa dancers." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4I-2
- Artist(s): Yao men (Performer) | Composer: Ngoleka, G.P. (Performer) Composer not specified | 1949/09/16 | East African, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Malawi, Nyasaland, Nyoleka,G.P., Southern African, Unaccompanied, Yao, Yao, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: C5N-12
- Artist(s): Lozi boys and men (Performer) | Composer: Musilizo Ikafa (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Barotseland, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Lozi, Lozi, Musilizo Ikafa, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Initiation song for girls, unaccompanied. Translated english title - "Goodbye, goodbye." Further details refer to ILAM field card number C4Q11
- 1950-00-00 | Clapping, Drum, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0786
- Composer: Tumbuka women and girls(Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Uzamba, ILAM | Uzamba dance song -initiation song with two goblet drums and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY3)
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