South African Music Archive Project
Mbira
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- Artist(s): Lenje men and women | Composer: Town Chitanga (Performer) | 1949/08/16 | Broken Hill Mine, Chitanga,Town, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lenje, Lenje, Love song, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Love song. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C4I17)
- Composer: Composer not specifiedKasongo Paul (Performer)Paul Kasongo (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bottle, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kasai, Kasongo,Paul, Luba, Mbira, Republic of the Congo, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0495-ABC12624
- Composer: Composer not specifiedKijambe Andre (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kasai, Kijamba Andre, Luba, Mbira, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Shaker, Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TPO490-ABC12602
- Composer: Ziyelesa Mwale (Performer) | 1949/08/27 | Kalimba, Mbira, Mwale,Ziyelesa, Nothern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Petauke, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Nostalgic song
- 1950-00-00 | Indigenous music, Mbira, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Transvaal, Venda, Vendaland, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0448-ABC11862
- Composer: Mesiyasi ChuluOsiteni Phula | 1949/09/05 | Chewa, drinking, Malawi, Mbira, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyasaland, Ositeni Phula, Sansi, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Drinking songs accompanied by 8 Sansi mbira. Refer ILAM field card C5R3
- Artist(s): Zegive and Mvu people | 1952/07/31 | bells, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk - Central African, Harp, Mbira, Mvu, Mvu people, North East Congo, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Watsa territory, Zegive, ILAM | Mourning song, with harp, mbira, bells and rattle. Zegive and Mvu people. Watsa district, North East Congo., As a rule there is nothing in the song itself which would suggest to a foreigner a sense of solemnity or sadness in most African mourning songs.
- Composer: Ganizani Nyirenda (Performer)Jeremia Phiri (Composer) | 1950/07/22 | Chewa, East African, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Malawi, Mbira, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Nyirenda,Ganizani, Phiri,Jeremia, Self-delectative song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: DX-6
- Composer: Group of Bemba boys (Performer) | 1948/05/07 | Axe, Bemba, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mapanza, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music sung by Bemba boysFurther details refer ILAM field card (AX23)
- Artist(s): Mwanza (Arranger) | Composer: Msamaliya Mwanza and Company (Performer)Composer not specified | 1967-00-00 | Chinsenga, Drinking song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mwanza, Mwanza,Msamaliya, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Senga, Southern African, Vocal, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0618
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