South African Music Archive Project
Traditional music
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- Artist(s): Kumbale Lungu (Leader)Nsenga men (Performer) | Composer: Kumbale LunguNsenga men and women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Clapping, dance, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, men and women, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Seven note, Song, Traditional music, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Ulimba dance song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V5
- Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Concert, dance, Elim Hospital Native Choir, Euro-African, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Concert song with a European influence. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
- Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Elim Hospital Native Choir, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Piano, Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Marabi style song with piano accompaniment. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
- Composer: Ngara, C. (Performer)Chakanyuka Ngara (Performer) | 1951/06/14 | Bvumba, concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, Love song, Manyika, Ngara,Chakanyuka (Friday), Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Traditional music, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Love song with concertina. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2K3)
- Artist(s): Boys and girls from Chief Chigugwana's village (Performer) | Composer: Boys and girls from Chief Chigugwana's village | 1955/10/11 | Chief Chigugwana's village, Clapping, dance, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makwaya dance, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Rattle containers made of palm leaf, Shangaan, Southern African, Tonga, Traditional music, ILAM | A makwaya dance accompanied by a drum and palm leaf rattles attached to the legs. Further details refer ILAM field card number H1R2
- Artist(s): Boys and girls from Chief Chigugwana's village (Performer) | Composer: Boys and girls from Chief Chigugwana's village | 1955/10/11 | Chief Chigugwana's village, Clapping, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makwaya dance, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Rattle containers made of palm leaf, Seeds, Shangaan, Southern African, Tonga, Traditional music, ILAM | A makwaya dance accompanied by a drum and palm leaf rattles attached to the legs. Further details refer ILAM field card number H1R1
- Artist(s): Mpabuka Ibanda (Leader)Haya women (Performer) | Composer: Mpabuka IbandaHaya women | 1950/08/05 | East African, Folk music, Haya, Haya, Ibanda,Mpabuka, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Procession, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Traditional music, wedding, ILAM | Wedding song performed during procession of bride and groom. Further details refer ILAM field card number D4W18
- Artist(s): Baghaphile Makhoba (Performer) | Composer: Baghaphile Makhoba | 1955/01/27 | Braced bow, Chordophone, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makhoba,Bagaphile, Makhweyana bow, self-delectative, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Zulu, ILAM | Self-delectative song accompanied by the braced, Makhweyana bow. The translated title is "I wander over hills". Further details refer ILAM field card number H1D14
- Artist(s): Constance Magogo Uzulu ka-Dinuzulu (Performer) | Composer: Constance Magogo Uzulu ka-Dinuzulu | 1955/01/27 | bow, Chordophone, Constance Magogo Uzulu ka-Dinuzulu, Folk music, Indigenous music, Love song, Single string, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Ugubu, Unbraced, Zulu, ILAM | Traditional Zulu song accompanied by the musical bow. The translated title is "He is so handsome and how I love him'. Further details refer ILAM field card number H1D5
- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, mourning, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song accompanied by the Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "I stood outside the door of the Chief". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V3
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