South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: Luunda men and women | 1949/07/19 | Central African, dance, goblet Drum, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, slit Drum, Song, Wakubasha, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Wakubasha dance, accompanied by 3 drums, 2 slit drums and 1 goblet drumRefer ILAM field card C3G6
- Composer: Boys of the African Ecole Centrale (Performer) | 1952/02/04 | African Ecole Centrale, Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, French, French, Katanga, Song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | French folk song. Refer ILAM field card F1U2
- Composer: Luunda and BembaMen and women | 1949/07/17 | axes, Bemba, Bupalu wu nama, Central African, dance, Drum, hunting, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Zambia, ILAM | Song for Bupala wu nama dance. Hunting dance with 4 drums and 2 axesRefer ILAM field card C3E4
- Composer: Felix RamosoeuSotho men | 1951/05/21 | Basutoland, blanket, braying, Felix Ramosoeu, hides, Lesotho, skin, sleeping, Song, Sotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, ILAM | Song to accompany the braying of skins and hides used for sleeping. Refer ILAM field card E1A10
- Artist(s): Calender (Leader) Maringar Band (Performer) | Composer: Calender (Performer)Maringar Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso, Creole, 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: Simon MakhetaSotho men | 1951/05/21 | Basutoland, braying, hides, Lesotho, Simon Makheta, skin, sleeping, Song, Sotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, ILAM | Song to accompany the braying of skins and hides used for sleeping. Refer ILAM field card E1A11
- Composer: Charles KachisinKenneth MandaMicher Chitima | 1951/06/19 | Chitima,Micheri, Guitar, Kachisi,Charles, Malawi, Manda,Kenneth, Manyika, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, topical, ILAM | Topical song by minstrels, accompanied by guitars. Refer ILAM field card E2P15
- Artist(s): Tsosane, M. (Leader) | Composer: Composer not specifiedSotho men (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Basutoland, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Song, Sotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, Tsosane,M., Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record TP0151-ABC3279
- Artist(s): Nourse Mines Basutos (Performer) | Composer: Nourse Mines Basutos | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nourse Mines Basutos, Ramakhobotlo, recitative, Song, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Song performed by Basuto men on the mines
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandoro (Composer/Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Central African, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandoro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Mashairi sung poems. Refer ILAM field card D4C23b
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