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  1. Artist(s): Lucy Nyamangwe (Performer)Tonga girls (Performer) | Composer: Lucy Nyamangwe (Performer)Tonga girls (Performer) | 1950/05/29 | Box, Chioda, dance, Drum, Malawi, Migrant, mines, Nyamangwe,Lucy, Nyasaland, rhythm, Song, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, Young women, ILAM | Chioda dance song for young women. The subject deals with a father who has to leave home to work on the mines. The song is accompanied by drum rhythms beaten on a box. Refer ILAM field card number D2E15
  2. Composer: Clement NyamaneSotho men | 1951/05/21 | Basutoland, boys, Clement Nyamane, departure, Lesotho, mines, Song, Sotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, threshing, ILAM | Threshing song inspired by constant departure of men for the mines in Johannesburg. Refer ILAM field card E1A9
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