South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): C Mususa (Composer/Performer) | Composer: C Mususa (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/23 | Budya, C. Mususa, Humorous, Indigenous music, Korekore, Madebe dza mondoro mbira, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Humorous song accompanied by the Madebe dza Mondoro mbiras of the Tonga. Refer ILAM field card C5U13
- Composer: Enoch Mpande | 1952/01/19 | Accordion, Bemba, cigarette, Enoch Mpande, Northern Rhodesia, smoke, Song, Southern African, topical, Zambia, ILAM | In the song, the husband asks his wife to roll him a cigarette. The song is accompanied by playing on a button accordian. Refer ILAM field card F1K7
- Composer: Melany MewaraliMeru men and women | 1950/10/02 | Chaga, dance, East African, Marrite, Melany Mewarali, men, Meru, Meru, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, women, ILAM | Marrite dance song for men and womenRefer ILAM field card D7C10
- 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, Solo, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, ILAM | Dance song for men and women, alternating solo voices supported by humming in unison with drone effect. Refer ILAM field card D7C10
- Artist(s): Nathan Sidyiyo | Composer: Reitz Bantu Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Choral music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nathan Sidyiyo, Reitz Bantu Choir, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM shellac record number:TP3906
- Composer: Jean Bosco Mwenda (Performer)Jean Bosco Mwenda (Composer) | 1952/02/02 | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Indigenous music, Katanga, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Republic of the Congo, Song, Swahili, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1S 5
- Artist(s): Girls from Macia village (Performer) | Composer: Girls from Macia village | 1955/10/11 | Clapping, dance, Folk music, Macia village, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Song, Southern African, Tonga, Traditional music, Two cylindrical oil can Drum, Whistles, ILAM | A Masesa dance song accompanied by whistles and pegged drums made of oil cans. The dancers wore skirts made of lala palm. Further details refer ILAM field card number H1R11
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandaro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Mashairi Song Poems. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1693
- Artist(s): S Kwatara (Performer-mbira)Siri Musonzo (Performer-rattle) | Composer: S Kwatara (Performer-mbira)Siri Musonzo (Performer-rattle) | 1951/06/06 | Folk, Kwatara,S., Mbira huru, Mondoro, Musonzo,Siri, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, spirits, topical, traditional, Whosho rattles, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song asking Mondoro spirits to approach. Refer ILAM field card number E2C22
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