South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: A MasunguMen at the Mufulira Mine | 1949/07/28 | Bemba, Bottle, epic, Masungu,A ., Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Epic song with rhythmic beating on a bottleRefer ILAM field card C3P16
- Artist(s): Luba men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedAlidar, K. (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Alidar,K., Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kasai, Luba, Luba, Mbira, Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0428-ABC11572
- Composer: Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | East African, Kaluta Amri bin Abedi, Nguja, Poetry, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Sung poem. Refer ILAM field card D4C23a
- Composer: Putu AnatasiaLulua women | 1949/08/09 | funeral, Lulua, Lulua, Northern Rhodesia, Putu Anatasia, Song, Southern African, Unaccompanied, wake, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied wake song sung by women. Refer ILAM field card C4B5
- Composer: Composer not specifiedCaldwell, J. (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Caldwell,J., Central African, Lunda, Piano, Religious music, Song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0599-XYZ3393
- Artist(s): Noty Ndwambe (Performer) | Composer: Noty Ndwambe | 1965-00-00 | Cyclical, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndwambe,Noty, Repetition, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Venda, ILAM | Song accompanied by mbira although the label identifies the instrument as a Venda Auto Harp
- Artist(s): Nine Njari mbira players (Performer) | Composer: Gwawa Shumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/10/15 | Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Karanga, Mazungu-Mashawi, Mbira, Njari, Njari, Shumba,Gwawa, Song, soul, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song for the Mazungu-Mashawi soul with 10 Njari mbiras and a drum. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C6Q-2
- Artist(s): Luba men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKijimba Andre (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kasai, Kijamba Andre, Luba, Luba, Mbira, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Shake, Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0429-ABC11559
- Composer: Chadi ObuyiGiryama men | 1950/10/13 | Chadi Obuyi, Conical Drum, dance, East African, Giriyama, Giryama, goblet Drum, Gonda, Kenya, Mabumbumbu cylindrical Drum, men, Nika, Song, women, ILAM | Gonda dance song for men and women accompanied by 4 Mabumbumbu cylindrical drums, 1 Mushondo conical drum, 1 Kaamuri goblet drumRefer ILAM field card D7N9
- Artist(s): Wanyera Natembla (Performer) | Composer: Wanyera Natembla (Performer) | 1950/09/05 | Central African, Gishu, Kengele bell, Siilili two string lute, Song, topical, traditional, Uganda, Wanyera Natembla, women, ILAM | The song says women who eat in public spaces like the market, have poor manners. Refer ILAM field card number D6B12
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