South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | Composer: Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Anselm P. Mkwama, East African, Hehe, Ligombo zithe, Male singing, Pancras Mkwana, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, ILAM | Man singing a traditional song while accompaned on the Ligombo zither. There are tapping sounds in the background. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): John Tembu (Guitar) | Composer: Joao Sachimbundu (Performer) | 1952/01/28 | Angola, Central African, Guitar, Humorous, Joao Sachimbundu, John Tembu, Song, Swahili, ILAM | Humorous song. Further details refer ILAM card no F1O8
- Artist(s): Young girls (Performer)James Chirwa (Performer)Dandy Boys (Performer)Mwerela Kaunda (Performer) | Composer: Young girls (Performer)James Chirwa (Performer)Mwenela Kaunda (Performer)Dandy Boys (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Call and response, Chirwa,James, Dandy Boys, Drum, Heya, Kaunda,Mwenela, Malawi, Nyasaland, singing, Song, Southern African, traditional, Tumbuka, Young girls, ILAM | Song performed by young girls who are accompanied by the beats on the mortar and pestle. The voices of the singers appear not to be those of the names mentioned on the record label. ILAM field card is unknown
- Artist(s): Hugh Tracey (Producer) | Composer: Braim Nkonde (Performer) | 1942/01/16 | Bemba, Indigenous music, Nkonde,Braim, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied Bemba song. Composer not specified. Translated English title - "Bicycle." Further details refer ILAM record number SABC-HT38A5
- 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 C3G3
- Artist(s): Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | Composer: Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Anselm P. Mkwama, East African, Hehe, Ligombo zithe, Male singing, Pancras Mkwana, Rhythmic tapping, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, topical, traditional, ILAM | Male singing a topical song, accompanied by the Ligombo zither and tapping sounds which correspond with the rhythms on the zither. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Composer: Bemba women | 1949/07/16 | Bemba, Bemba, Central African, dance, Drum, goblet, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song with goblet drumsRefer ILAM field card C3D4
- Artist(s): Wm. Mseleku (Conductor) | Composer: Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1960-00-00 | Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir, Choir, Choral music, Humorous, KwaZulu-Natal, Mseleku,W.M., Natal, Piano, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0690
- Composer: Hugh Tracy (Composer)King Edward Masinga (Composer)Zulu Radio Choir (Performer) | 1945/03/18 | Choral music, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Masinga,King Edward, Natal, Play, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zulu Radio Choir, ILAM | Song from the play "Chief above and Chief below" from Act I, Scene 2. Further details refer ILAM record number AC0002
- Composer: Composer not specifiedJohn Simiyu ne Basale Bewe Butusu | 1951-00-00 | Central African, Guitar, Indigenous music, John Simiyu ne Basale Bewe Butusu, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0479-ABC12216
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