South African Music Archive Project
Topical song
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- Artist(s): Kamba women (Performer) | Composer: Ndunge wa Kalele (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/25 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Ndunge wa Kalele, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6V-13
- Composer: Chebitet Arap Maina (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Chepkesem lyre, East African, Indigenous music, Kapkatet, Kenya, Kipsigis, Maina,Chebitet Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2130.
- Composer: Chebitet Arap Maina | 1950/09/15 | East African, Kenya, Kipsigis, Llyre, Maina,Chebitet Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song in which a donkey complains about being treated poorly. The song is accompanied by the Chepkisem, 5 string, frame lyre with tine resonator. Refer ILAM field card D6L17
- Composer: Chebitet Arap Maina (Performer)Chebitet Arap Maina (Composer) | 1950/09/15 | Chepkesem frame lyre, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Maina,Chebitet Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Translated English title - "The donkey from Nairobi." Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 17
- Composer: Barwegira (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/23 | Barwegira, Budongo mbira, Busoga, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Likembe, Soga, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3P 15
- Composer: Kimambo brothers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/05/28 | East African, Guitar, Kimambo brothers, Moshi, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3E 9
- Composer: Mwenda Jean Bosco (Performer)Mwenda Jean Bosco (Composer) | 1905/05/04 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Popular music, Struck bottle, Swahili, Topical song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1116
- Composer: Composer not specifiedMakaza, T. (Performer) | 1948-00-00 | Basutoland, concertina, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Makaza,T., Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0069-ABC514
- Artist(s): Chinda Kamwana (Performer) | 1952/05/24 | Accordion, Chinda Kamwana, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiamuthambi, Kikuyu, Kikuyu territory, Struck iron, Topical song, ILAM | A topical song with accordian and struck iron. The accordian is used as a ground which creates a happy noise but has little, if any, melodic or harmonic relationship to the tonality or mode of the voice."The father of the girl I want to marry came to Mombasea leaving his daughter at home - so I came to Mombasa too and said to him 'Now how about it - I want to discuss the marriage arrangements'."Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3B 5
- Composer: Pietersburg Melodians (Performer) | 1948-00-00 | Choral music, Indigenous music, Pedi, Pietersburg, Pietersburg Melodians, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM record TP0010
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