South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Agilipa Mwanza (Composer/Performer)Nguni men and women (Performer) | Composer: Agilipa Mwanza (Composer/Performer)Nguni men and women (Performer) | 1949/08/31 | boys, Chewa, dance, girls, Indigenous music, Mbanda, Mwanza,Agilipa, Nguni, Nguni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mbanda dance song performed by young men and women. The music uses the Chewa pattern. The English title is Keyala nearly died. Refer ILAM field card C4X6
- Composer: Composer not specifiedOroclos Ombiza - Charles (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bottle, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ombiza,Charles, Oroclos, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0510-ABC12488
- Composer: Chiriri movement | 1949/06/08 | Chiriri movement, Chopi, dance, Mozambique, Mozambique, Orchestra, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, Timbila, ILAM | Orchestral dance song with Timbila xylophonesRefer ILAM field card CR10
- Composer: Composer not specified Feliciano (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | East African, Feliciano, Guitar, Mozambique, Portuguese, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0183-ABC3628
- Composer: Bemba men at the Mufulira Mine | 1949/07/28 | Bemba, Bemba, Concert, girl, mine, Northern Rhodesia, reputation, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Concert song about a girl who went to marry a man on the mines but met with ill-fateRefer ILAM field card C3P12
- 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 D5I1
- 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. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5I1
- 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 CR0144-XYZ5295. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5I1
- Artist(s): Louis Mellito (Leader) | Composer: Sunderland String Band (Performer) | 1950/07/11 | Band music, Daressalaam, East African, Gourd, Guitar, Humorous, Mandoline, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Rattle, Rumba, Song, Sunderland String Band, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Swahili Rumba - humorous song with one mandoline, three guitars and two gourd rattles. Translated English title - "You, Mwajuma, have turned me down." Further details refer ILAM field card (D3V4)
- Artist(s): Louis Mellito (Leader) | Composer: Sunderland String Band (Performer) | 1950/07/11 | Band music, East African, Gourd Rattle, Guitar, Humorous, Mandoline, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Rattle, Rumba, Song, Sunderland String Band, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Rumba-Humourous Song. Further details refer ILAM field card noD3V4
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