South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: Masudi bini AmariNyamwezi men and women | 1950/07/18 | conical, Drum, East African, Masudi bini Amari, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, topical, ILAM | Song congratulates chief for stopping theftRefer ILAM field card D4C10
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandaro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Indigenous, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Mashairi Song Poem. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1691
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandaro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Indigenous, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Mashairi Song Poem. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1691
- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Personal lament, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song accompanied by the Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "The whole night long I have been thinking". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V4
- Composer: Nyangus SiokinoArusha men | 1950/09/30 | Arusha, Arusha, cattle, East African, Masai, Nyangus Siokino, raiding, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Song about cattle raidingRefer ILAM field card D7A1
- Composer: Saadini Abdu Kandoro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Ujiji, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number CR1410.
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandoro (Composer/Performer) | 1950/05/17 | East African, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Sung poem. Refer ILAM field card D4C25a
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandoro (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | East African, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Sung Poem. Further details refer to ILAM card no D4C25a
- Artist(s): Uwilula (Performer)Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilula (Performer)Nyamwezi women (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | Cult language, divination, East African, Folk, gourd rattles, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Power of magic, religious, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Uswezi, Uwilula, ILAM | Uswezi divination song performed in a unique cult language, accompanied by gourd rattles. Refer ILAM field card number D3F4
- Artist(s): Uwilula (Performer)Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilula (Performer)Nyamwezi women (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | Cult language, divination, East African, Folk, gourd rattles, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Uswezi, Uwilula, ILAM | Uswezi divination song performed in a unique cult language, accompanied by gourd rattles. Refer ILAM field card number D3F4
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