South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Siyanaloli Sanyila (Composer/Performer)Unidentified others (Performer) | Composer: Siyanaloli Sanyila (Composer/Performer)Unidentified others (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | burial, Call and response, chant, Drone, East African, Lament, mourning, Nyakyusa, Siyanaloli Sanyila, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Unidentified others, ILAM | Burial song with drone, call and response, and lament like qualities. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Composer: Siyananoli SanyilaNyakyusa women | 1950/06/09 | bereavement, burial, chant, Nyakyusa, Nyakyusa, Siyananoli Sanyila, Song, Southern African, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Burial song in the form of a chant. Refer ILAM field card D2R11
- Artist(s): Matia Kaberuka (Leader)Western Province Demonstration Team (Performer) | Composer: Matia KaberukaWestern Province Demonstration Team | 1950/08/17 | banjo, Central African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mandoline, Matia Kaberuka, Nkole, Nyoro, propaganda, Song, Traditional music, Uganda, Western Province Demonstration Team, ILAM | Propaganda song accompanied by various string instruments. Same as CR0205-XYZ5300. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5I6
- Composer: Matia Kaberuka | 1950/08/17 | banjo, Central African, Guitar, Matia Kaberuka, Nkole, Nyoro, propaganda, Song, Uganda, ILAM | Propaganda song accompanied by guitar and banjoRefer ILAM field card D5I6
- Composer: Pili bin Juma (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, dance, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African, Kimba, Luba, malimba, Manyanga, Pili bin Juma, Rattle, Song, Songe, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Xylophone, ILAM | Kimba dance song for men and women, accompanied by 11 Malimba xylophones and a Manyanga basket rattle. Refer ILAM field card D4C8
- 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
- Composer: Lulua women | 1949/08/09 | Clapping, funeral, Lulua, Lulua, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, wake, Zambia, ILAM | Wake song accompanied by clapping. Refer ILAM field card C4B8
- Composer: Longwani Nanjeko (Performer) | 1949/08/03 | Folk music, Humorous, Indigenous music, Kangombio, Longwani, Lozi, Mbira, Nanjeko, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Topical song, Zambia, ILAM | Topical song with Kangombio mbira. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3V5)
- 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
- Artist(s): Men and women (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Nguni men and women (Composer/Performer) | 1949/08/31 | Clapping, dance, Indigenous music, Ngoma, Nguni, Nguni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, Zulu, ILAM | Ngoma dance song accompanied by the women's clapping. The English title is My father's spear. Refer ILAM field card C4X1
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