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  1. Composer: Mafutha Amhlophe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1965-00-00 | Drum, Guitar, Mafutha Amhlophe, Popular music, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0502
  2. Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Drum, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0758
  3. Composer: Ralph Wright and his Rythm Boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Creole, Drum, Guitar, Popular music, Rhythm Boys, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, Wright,Ralph, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0756
  4. Composer: City Slickers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/13 | City Slickers, Clarinet, Guitar, Popular music, Saxophone, Shona, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Vocal, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1019
  5. Artist(s): Morning Stars (Performer) | Composer: Morning Stars (Performer) | 1960/01/01 | dance, Marabi style, Morning Stars, Piano, Popular music, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Marabi style dance song accompanied by the piano. Further details refer ILAM field card number DC40
  6. Artist(s): Mbata (Singer)Zulu band (Instrumental Performer) | Composer: MbataZulu band | 1900-01-00 | Alcohol, dance, Guitar, Hangover, humou, Indigenous music, Mbata, Mouth organ, Popular music, Song, South Africa, South African, Traditional music, Zulu, Zulu, ILAM | Humorous song about having a hangover after drinking alcohol.
  7. Artist(s): Zeph Nkabinde (Leader) | Composer: The Black Mambazo (Performer)Zeph Nkabinde (Composer) | 1965-00-00 | Black Mambazo, Drum, Guitar, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nkabinde,Zeph, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, Zulu Jive, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0901
  8. Composer: Makwlungwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1923-00-00 | banjo, East African, Guitar, Makwlungwa, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Shaker, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1016
  9. Composer: Hassani and Munyoso (Performer)Composer not specified | 1923-00-00 | concertina, East African, Guitar, Hassani, Malawi, Munyoso, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, Vocal, Yao, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0983
  10. Artist(s): Aliwal North Xhosa Choir (Performer) | Composer: Aliwal North Xhosa Choir (Performer) | 1952-00-00 | Aliwal North Xhosa Choir, dance, Fast speed, Marabi style, men and women, Piano, Popular music, Secular music, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Xhosa, ILAM | Marabi style dance song for men and women, accompanied by the piano

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