South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Shawa (Composer/Performer)Govati (Performer)Women (Performer) | Composer: Shawa (Composer/Performer)Govati (Performer)Women (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Chewa, drinking, Govati, Malawi, Men singing, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Shawa, Song, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Women ululating, ILAM | Drinking song performed by men and women who sing and ululate. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Midian Ncube (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Midian Ncube (Composer/Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Guitar, Hymn like, Ncube,Midian, Ndebele, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Hymn like song which starts with unaccompanied voices and is later accompanied by the guitar. Refer ILAM field card DA22
- Artist(s): Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya (Performer) | Composer: Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya | 1900-01-00 | Belgian Congo, Call and response, Central African, Chant-like, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya, Indigenous music, Song, Traditional music, Women singing, ILAM | Traditional song performed by women. The other title provided on the label is "Chant Folklorique Bayanzi".
- Composer: Chingwaro, J. (Composer/Performer)Jairosi Chingwaro (Composer/Performer) | 1950/05/06 | Chingwaro,Jairosi, Guitar, Manyike, Shona, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song with guitar. Further details refer ILAM field card (DH7)
- Composer: Longwani Nanjeko | 1949/08/03 | dance, Entertainment, Kangombio, Longwani, Lozi, Mbira, Nanjeko, Northern Rhodesia, Sipelu, Song, Southern African, topical, Zambia, ILAM | Topical dance song also used for the Sipelu dance for men ad women. It is accompanied by the Kangombio mbira. Refer ILAM field card C3V2
- Artist(s): Mbolele Sabulon (Composer/Performer)Meru men (Performer) | Composer: Mbolele Sabulon (Composer/Performer)Meru men (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Chaga, dance, East African, Embrukoi, Mbolele Sabulon, men and women, Meru, Meru, Retrieving lost cattle, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wembe side blown horn, ILAM | Embrukoi dance song for men and women about how to retrieve lost cattle. The song is performed by 600 men and women and accompanied by a side blown horn. Refer ILAM field card D7C8
- Composer: Composer not specifiedMkwanazi, S. (Performer)Samuel Mkwanazi (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Accordion, Basutoland, concertina, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Mkwanazi,Samuel, Song, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0480-ABC12196
- Artist(s): Melany Mewarali (Composer/Performer)Meru men and women (Performer) | Composer: Melany Mewarali (Composer/Performer)Meru men and women (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Chaga, dance, Drone, East African, Humming in unison, Melany Mewarali, men and women, Meru, Meru, Metaphor, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Ufina, ILAM | Ufina dance song for men and women, with use of metaphor. The song has alternating solo voices above humming in unison. Refer ILAM field card D7C12
- Artist(s): Melany Mewarali (Composer/Performer)Meru men and women (Performer) | Composer: Melany Mewarali (Composer/Performer)Meru men and women (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Chaga, dance, Drone, East African, Humming in unison, Melany Mewarali, men and women, Meru, Meru, Metaphor, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Ufina, ILAM | Ufina dance song for men and women performed with solo singing above a humming unison. Refer ILAM field card D7C12
- Composer: Machuni Jambga Mbewa Chitembe V Mrewa | 1948/04/24 | Chitembe V. Mrewa, Machuni Jambga Mbewa, Njani, Nohwe, Song, Southern African, tune, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Njari Mbira tuneRefer ILAM field card AK10
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