South African Music Archive Project
Song
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- Artist(s): Paul Chaikatisha (Leader)The Captural Black Shadows (Performer) | Composer: Paul ChaikatishaThe Captural Black Shadows | 1965-00-00 | Bemba, Central African, Chiluba, dance, Drum, Electric guitar, Indigenous music, Men singing, Northern Rhodesia, Paul Chaikatisha, Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Song, The Captural Black Shadows, Zambia, ILAM | Popular dance song accompanied by various instruments
- Artist(s): Zakaria Kasasa (Leader)Endongo za Baganda (Performer) | Composer: Zakaria KasasaEndongo za Baganda | 1950/08/30 | Central African, eight string bowl lyre, Endongo, Endongo za Buganda, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Laced conical drum, Ndingidi, Ntenga, one string lute, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, Zakaria Kasara, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by various string instruments. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5V9
- Composer: Timoti MungailaLenje men and women at Broken Hill Mine | 1949/08/15 | Broken Hill Mine, Chinsengwe, Clapping, dance, Lenje, Lenje, men, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Timoti Mungaila, women, Zambia, ILAM | Chinsengwe dance song for men and women, with clapping. Refer ILAM field card C4H11
- Artist(s): Ganizoni Mbongalolo (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Ganizoni Mbongalolo (Composer/Performer) | 1950-00-00 | 12 Note Kalimba, Ganizoni Mbongalolo, Kalimba, Malawi, Mbira, Nsenga, Nyasaland, self-delectative, Song, Southern African, ILAM | A man singing a self-delectative song and who is accompanied by the 12 note Kalimba mbira. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Private Lapukeni Phiri (Composer)Men of the second battalion at Zomba Nyasaland (Performer) | Composer: Private Lapukeni Phiri (Composer)Men of the second battalion at Zomba Nyasaland (Performer) | 1949/09/11 | East African, Malawi, marching, Nyasaland, Phiri,Lapukeni, Second battalion at Zomba Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Unaccompanied song for marching. The English title is The plane flies over Mzimba. Refer ILAM field card C5I3
- Composer: Composer not specifiedZulu Radio Choir (Performer) | 1943/10/29 | Choir, Choral music, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zulu, Zulu Radio Choir, ILAM | Unaccompanied song for a choir from "Nkosiyaphansi and Nkosiyaphezulu." Further details refer ILAM record number AC0006
- Artist(s): K Daniel (Performer) | Composer: K Daniel (Performer) | 1951/06/06 | admonishment, Daniel,K., Folk, Guitar, Nyanja, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, topical, traditional, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Topical song about adults who send other people's children on errands. Refer ILAM field card number E2C18
- Artist(s): Josiah Nkomo (Performer) | Composer: Josiah Nkomo (Performer) | 1951-00-00 | Guitar, Josiah Nkomo, Male singing, Ndebele, Nkomo,J., Song, Southern African, topical, Zulu, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by the guitar. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Composer: Indigenous soldiers from Mozambique | 1949/05/23 | dance, Hlenge, Makwaya, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, Tswa, ILAM | Dance song for Makwaya danceRefer ILAM field card CB5
- Composer: Zulu girl (Performer) | 1955/01/28 | braced musical bow, Makhweyana, Song, South Africa, Southern African, struck, walking, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Walking song accompanied by the Makhweyana, braced musical bow. Refer ILAM field card H1E2a
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