South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: Bemba boys | 1949/07/16 | Bemba, Bemba, Central African, dance, Kwaya, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Kwaya danceRefer ILAM field card C3D1
- Artist(s): Lucy Nyamangwe (Performer)Tonga girls (Performer) | Composer: Lucy Nyamangwe (Performer)Tonga girls (Performer) | 1950/05/29 | Drum, Escorting, Folk, Malawi, Nyamangwe,Lucy, Nyasaland, Song, Song for the married couple, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, wedding, ILAM | Song performed when escorting the bride to the husband's house. The song is accompanied by drums. ILAM field card number is D2E6
- Artist(s): Seli's nephews (Performer) | Composer: Seli's nephews | 1900-01-00 | banjo, Chinyanja, dance, Drum, Guitar, Malawi, Men singing, Part singing, Popular music, Seli's nephews, Song, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Popular dance song accompanied by the guitar and banjo.Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1008
- Composer: Ngoni men and women at Wusakili Compound | 1949/08/04 | Clapping, love, Ngoni, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Wusakili Compound, Zambia, Zulu, ILAM | Love song accompanied by clapping. Refer ILAM field card C3W10
- Composer: Shangaan men at XinavaneShangaan Men (Performer) | 1949/05/26 | Bila, dance, drinking, Incomati, Mozambique, Portugese East Africa, Shangaan, Shangaan, Song, Southern African, Whistle, Xinavane, Xinavane, ILAM | Drinking song, with whistles and dancingRefer ILAM field card CE7Drinking songDancingFolk SongFurther details refer ILAM field card (CE7)
- Artist(s): Gremio Civil Chaimite (Performer)Leader Feliciano Gomez (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Gremio Civil Chaimite (Performer)Leader Feliciano Gomez (Composer/Performer) | 1950/10/30 | Gomez,Feliciano Muntano, Gremio Civil Chaimite, Makwekwe, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Ronga chief, Song, Southern African, Three Guitar, topical, Tswa, ILAM | Topical song about a Ronga chief, accompanied by three guitars. Refer ILAM field card number D8E2
- Composer: Luchazi dancersSamukonge Chipipa | 1949/07/27 | Chipipa,Samukonga, dance, Drum, Luchazi, Luchazi, mine, Northern Rhodesia, Sepa, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Sepa dance song performed on the mine, accompanied by 4 drumsRefer ILAM field card C3O6
- Composer: Wandirai Rukhumi Moyo | 1948/04/19 | Chorus, Duma, Karanga, Moyo,Wandirai Rukhumi, Song, Southern African, story, Vocal, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Story song with leader calling and chorus answering
- Composer: Muntano Gomez Feliciano (Performer)Muntano Gomez Feliciano (Composer) | 1955/10/08 | Chibuto, Chopi, East African, Gomez,Feliciano Muntano, Guitar, Humorous, Lenge, Mozambique, Popular music, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, Vocals, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: H1P 8
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