South African Music Archive Project
Popular music
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- Artist(s): Jouberton String Band (Performer) | Composer: Jouberton String Band | 1965-00-00 | banjo, dance, Guitar, Indigenous music, Jive, Jouberton String Band, Popular music, Rattle, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Dance performed on various instruments
- 1955/10/01 | Chopi, East African, Guitar, Mozambique, Popular music, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, Tonga, Vocals, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: H1K14
- Artist(s): Salum Seliman (Leader) | Composer: Salum's Brass Band Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Brass band, Dance Band, Dance music, East African, Nguja, Popular music, Rumba, Salum Seliman, Salum's Brass Band, Swahili, Zanziba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (Commercial Recordings) number: CR0065
- Artist(s): Nimrod Makanya (Leader)The Bantu Glee Singers (Performer) | Composer: Nimrod H MakanyaThe Bantu Glee Singers | 1960/01/01 | Bantu Glee Singers, dance, Indigenous music, Makanya,Nimrod H., Marabi style, Mixed voices Choir, Piano, Popular music, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Zulu, ILAM | Dance song in the Marabi style
- Composer: Zulu Vagabonds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Accordion, banjo, concertina, Guitar, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, Zulu, Zulu Vagabonds, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0015
- Artist(s): F Kalupya | Composer: Nyanja Men (Performer)Zomba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | banjo, East African, F. Kalupya, Guitar, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Topical song, Vocal, Zomba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1213
- Composer: Manhattan Brothers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Guitar, KwaZulu-Natal, Manhattan Brothers, Natal, Piano, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1199
- Artist(s): A Kuzwayo (Leader)Zulu dance band (Performer) | Composer: A KuzwayoZulu dance bandKuzwayo's band | 1960/01/01 | banjo, concertina, dance, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kuzwayo,A., Popular music, Repeated motifs, South Africa, Southern African, Tin rattle, Traditional music, Vas trap, Zulu, Zulu, ILAM | Dance acompanied by various instruments
- Artist(s): William Mseleku (Leader)Mseluku and his merrymakers (Performer) | Composer: William MselekuMseluku and his merrymakers | 1960/01/01 | Choir, Indigenous music, Merrymakers, Mseleku,William, Part-singing, Popular music, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Spoken introduction, Supernatural, Traditional music, Witch, Zulu, ILAM | Song about finding the source of an illness, which participants attribute to a witch
- 1900-01-00 | Central African, East African, Guitar, Popular music, Song, Southern African, Vocals, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP4321
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