South African Music Archive Project
Spirit song
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- Composer: Group of boys at Mapanza (Performer) | 1948/05/07 | Dance music, Indigenous music, Mapanza, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Spirit song, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music for spirit danceFurther details refer ILAM field card (AX17)
- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedRubeni Mhango (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mhango,Rubeni, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Spirit song, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "The spear is broken." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0676
- Composer: Hodzi Katsukunya (Performer) | 1948/04/26 | Budya, Deze, Hodzi Katsukunya, Indigenous music, Madebe, Mtoko, Rattle, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Spirit song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music spirit song with accompanimentFurther details refer ILAM field card (AM12)
- Artist(s): Siri Musonzo (Performer - rattle) | Composer: Rwatara, S. (Performer -mbira) | 1951/06/06 | Indigenous music, Kwatara,S., Mbira, Muhera, Musonzo,Siri, Rattle, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Spirit song, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song calling on the Mondoro spirits. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2C22)
- Composer: Composer not specifiedChabarwa Musanda Sinyoro (Performer) | 1949/10/03 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mondoro, Njanja, Njari, Shona, Sinyoro,Chabarwa Musunda, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Spirit song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song for Mondoro spirits. Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0720
- Composer: Composer not specifiedChabarwa Musanda Sinyoro (Performer) | 1949/10/03 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mondoro, Njanja, Njari, Shona, Sinyoro,Chabarwa Musunda, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Spirit song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song for Mondoro spirits. Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0722
- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKesita Gondwe (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Kesita Gondwe, Malawi, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Spirit song, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "This disease cannot be cured." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0675
- 1960-08-00 | East African, Haya, Indigenous music, Spirit song, String, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Song for the spirit of the lake with. Further details refer ILAM record no. AC1327 string accompaniment.
