South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: Zulu girls (Performer) | 1955/01/28 | butte, face cream, Song, South Africa, Southern African, walking, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | A walking song about a girl who had rubbed butter all over her body and her face. Refer ILAM field card H1E1
- Composer: Composer not specifiedGeorge Sibanda (Performer)Sibanda, G. (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Guitar, Ndebele, Nguni, Sibanda, George, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0564-XYZ4668
- 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
- Composer: Luunda men and womenChief Kazembe | 1949/07/21 | Chief Kazembe, dance, Luunda, Luunda, memory, Northern Rhodesia, old chiefs, royal, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Royal Luunda dance performed at Kazembe Kawambwa districtRefer ILAM field card C3I10
- Composer: Alubina NsofuNsenga girls | 1949/08/01 | Chitelele, Clapping, dance, girls, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Nsofu,Alubina, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Chitelele dance song for young girls, accompanied by clapping. Refer ILAM field card c3t8
- Composer: Hugh Tracy (Composer)King Edward Masinga (Composer)Zulu Radio Choir (Performer) | 1945/03/18 | Choral music, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Masinga,King Edward, Natal, Play, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zulu Radio Choir, ILAM | Song from the play "Chief above and Chief below" from Act I, Scene 3. Further details refer ILAM record number AC0002
- Artist(s): Calender (Leader) Maringar Band (Performer) | Composer: Calender (Performer)Maringar Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Call and response, Calypso, Creole, dance, Drum, Guitar, Indigenous music, Man singing, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, Song, West African, ILAM | Calypso dance song performed by a small band of musicians
- Composer: Sauti Natsemo (Composer/Performer) | 1954/06/06 | bow, Chipudane, Gourd, Hlengwe, Humorous, Mozambique, Panda, Portuguese East Africa, Rattle, Sauti Matseno, Song, Southern African, Tswa, ILAM | Humorous song with rattles, Chipudane mouth bow and gourd blowing. Further details refer to ILAM field card G1A7
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Idi Selemani (Performer) | 1950/06/28 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk song, Humorous, Idi Selemani, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Humorous song, Unaccompanied. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D3I5
- Composer: Rubeni MhangoHenga men and women at the Mufulira Mine | 1949/07/29 | drinking, Henga, Henga, humou, Mhango,Rubeni, Mufulira Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Drinking song with humourRefer ILAM field card C3Q12
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