South African Music Archive Project
Topical song
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- Composer: S. Linda's Original Evening Birds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1947-00-00 | KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, S. Linda's Original Evening Birds, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3402
- Composer: E Mwandiwasa (Performer)Zomba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | East African, Guitar, Malawi, Mwandiwasa,Ediwini, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Topical song, Vocal, Zomba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1213
- Composer: E. Mwandiwasa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mwandiwasa,Ediwini, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Topical song, Zomba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3493.
- Composer: Beti Kamanga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Bangwe, East African, Indigenous music, Kamanga,Beti, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tonga, Topical song, Zither, ILAM | Topical song with Bangwe zither. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1477
- Composer: Kimambo brothers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/05/28 | Chagga, East African, Guitar, Kilimanjaro, Kimambo brothers, Moshi, Rombo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3E 7
- Composer: Kipkeino Arap Rop (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/09 | East African, Kenya, Kipukandet, Lyre, Nandi, Nandi, Rop,Kipkeino Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with Kipukandet six string lyre. Further details refer ILAM field card (D6F12)
- Composer: Kipkeino Arap Rop (Performer)Kipkeino Arap Rop (Composer) | 1950/09/09 | East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipukandet lyre, Nandi, Nandi, Rop,Kipkeino Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-12
- Composer: Kipkeino Arap Rop (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Kapsabet Nandi district Kenya, Nandi, Rop, Kipkeino Arap, Topical song, ILAM | A topical song with Kipukandet 6 string bowl lyre (5 or 6 string pentatonic lyre used by Nandi tribe in Kenya, also known as Kibugantet and Chepkong.) One day a friend called on Arap Kapero unexpectedly. He sang "Had I a shilling I would have bought flour to make bread for you." The accompaniment of this song is interesting for the extra half bar just prior to the start of each verse.
- Artist(s): Kepkose Arap Chepkwony | Composer: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik (Performer and Composer) | 1950/09/15 | Chepkongo lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Sitonik,Kipkemo Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D6L4.
- Artist(s): Hepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer) | Composer: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik (Performer and Composer) | 1950/09/15 | Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Lyre, Sitonik,Kipkemo Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number D6L-4.
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