South African Music Archive Project
Mbira
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- Composer: Josiasi Yemba Mate (Performer and Composer)Composer not specifiedJosiasi Yemba Mate (Performer)Josiasi Yemba Mate (Composer) | 1952/02/21 | Barotseland, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Josiasi Yemba Mate, Kathandi mbira, Luanika, Mbira, Mbunda, Mongu, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, topical, Topical song, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F2B 7Translated English title - "The Mask Dance." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F2B 7
- Composer: Eliasi MukengeMbuye AndileLuba men | 1949/08/03 | Bisa, dance, girls, initiation, Kalimba, Luba, Mazia, Mbira, Mbuye,Andile, Mukenge,Eliasi, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mazia dance song of divination and the initiation of girls, accompanied by Kalimba mbira. Refer ILAM field card C3V11
- Composer: Composer not specifiedGwenzi, F. (Performer) | 1943-00-00 | Gwenzi,F., Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndau, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0163-ABC373T
- Composer: Ganizani Nyirenda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/22 | Chewa, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Malawi, Mbira, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Nyirenda,Ganizani, Self-delectative song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1459
- Composer: Ganizani Nyirenda (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Chewa, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Kasungu, Malawi, Mbira, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Nyirenda,Ganizani, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number DX5
- Composer: S. Mdumani (Performer) | 1948/02/29 | Mbira, Mdumani,S., Mozambique, Portugese East Africa, Sipuyabena, Southern African, ILAM | Mbira music
- Composer: A. Masewe (Performer) | 1948/02/29 | Masewe,A., Mbira, Mozambique, Ndau, Portugese East Africa, Sipuyabena, Southern African, ILAM | Mbira music
- Artist(s): Jita men (Performer) | Composer: James Matigo (Performer) | 1950/07/23 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Jita, Jita, Kwaya, Matigo,James, Mbira, Musoma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Dance song for men and women with Mbira. Translated English title - "The aircraft." Further details refer ILAM field card (D4H15).
- Artist(s): Jita men | Composer: James Matego (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Jita, Jita, Kwaya, Lake Victoria, Marunda Dance Song, Matigo,James, Mbira, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Marunda Dance Song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1711
- Composer: Yatamu MulebaBemba women at Mindolo Compound | 1949/08/08 | Bemba, Kankobele, Lala, Mbira, Mindolo Compound, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, topical, Yatamu Muleba, Zambia, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by Kankobele mbira. Refer ILAM field card C4A1a
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