Traditional music

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  1. Artist(s): S Mondo (Performer)Nasuti Social Club (Performer) | Composer: S MondoNasuti Social Clu | 1950/09/02 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lament, Leprosy, Mondo,S., mourning, Nasuti Social Club, Ntongoli eight string lyre, Soga, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about a leper who is lamenting his demise and loneliness. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5Y15
  2. Artist(s): S Mondo (Performer)Nasuti Social Club (Performer) | Composer: S MondoNasuti Social Clu | 1950/09/02 | Central African, Disease, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Leprosy, Mondo,S., Mournful, Nasuti Social Club, Ntongoli eight string lyre, Soga, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by the Ntongoli eight string lyre. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5Y15
  3. Artist(s): Matia Kaberuka (Leader)Western Province Demonstration Team (Performer) | Composer: Matia KaberukaWestern Province Demonstration Team | 1950/08/17 | banjo, Central African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mandoline, Matia Kaberuka, Nkole, Nyoro, propaganda, Song, Traditional music, Uganda, Western Province Demonstration Team, ILAM | Propaganda song accompanied by various string instruments. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5I1
  4. Artist(s): Matia Kaberuka (Leader)Western Province Demonstration Team (Performer) | Composer: Matia KaberukaWestern Province Demonstration Team | 1950/08/17 | banjo, Central African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mandoline, Matia Kaberuka, Nkole, Nyoro, propaganda, Song, Traditional music, Uganda, Western Province Demonstration Team, ILAM | Propaganda song accompanied by various string instruments. Same as CR0144-XYZ5295. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5I1
  5. Artist(s): Randolph Simmons (Leader)The Casablanca Steel Orchestra (Performer) | Composer: Randolph SimmonsThe Casablanca Steel Orchestra | 1900-01-00 | Calypso, Caribbean, Creole, dance, Instrumental, Iron bell, Popular music, Randolph Simmons, Steel pans, The Casablanca Steel Orchestra, Traditional music, Trinidad, ILAM | Calypso dance performed on various instruments.Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1006
  6. Composer: Four dancers (Performer)Madiba, J. (Performer - guitarist) | 1948/07/26 | Dance music, Guitar, KwaZulu-Natal, Madiba,J., Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Zulu, ILAM | Dance with 6 routines. Further details refer ILAM field card (BB13)
  7. Artist(s): Aliwal North Xhosa Choir (Performer) | Composer: Aliwal North Sesotho Choir (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Aliwal North Sesotho Choir, Choir, men and women, Part-singing, Piano, Popular music, Secular music, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Song accompanied by the piano
  8. Artist(s): Alric Farrell (Leader)The Merry Makers Steel Orchestra (Performer) | Composer: Alric FarrellThe Merry Makers Steel Orchestra | 1900-01-00 | Calypso, Caribbean, Creole, dance, Farrell,Alric, Instrumental, Merry Makers Steel Orchestra, Popular music, Steel pans, Traditional music, Trinidad, ILAM | Calypso dance performed on steel pans.Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1002
  9. Artist(s): John Khoza (Leader)Women's Choir (Performer) | Composer: John KhozaWomen's Choir | 1960-00-00 | Choir, Cyclical, Folk music, Indigenous music, John Khosa, Man calling and women respond, Repetition, Shangaan, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, women, ILAM | Traditional song performed by a man and women. They are accompanied by a string instrument identified as a Shangaan harp. The harp is possibly an Autoharp
  10. Artist(s): John Khoza (Leader)Women's Choir (Performer) | Composer: John KhozaWomen's Choir | 1960-00-00 | Autoharp, Choir, Chordophone, Folk music, Indigenous music, John Khosa, Man calling and women respond, Repetition, Shangaan, Shangaan harp, South Africa, Southern African, String, Traditional music, women, ILAM | Traditional song performed by a man and women. They are accompanied by a string instrument identified as a Shangaan harp. The harp is possibly an Autoharp

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