South African Music Archive Project
Traditional music
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- Artist(s): Nourse Mines Basutos (Performer) | Composer: Nourse Mines Basutos | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nourse Mines Basutos, Ramakhobotlo, recitative, Song, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Tin whistle, Traditional music, ILAM | Traditional song performed by a group of men
- Artist(s): Rathsidi Baralong Singers (Performer)E Tamenti (Conductor) | Composer: Rathsidi Baralong SingersE Tamenti | 1900-01-00 | Botswana, Hymn like, Indigenous music, men and women, Part singing, Popular music, Rathsidi Baralong Singers, Religious music, Song, South African, Tamenti,E., Traditional music, Tswana, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Unaccompanied, hymn like song performed by men and women.
- Composer: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro Moyo (Performer) | 1948/04/30 | Indigenous music, Karanga, Mbira, Moyo,Sinyoro Chabarwa Musunda, Njanja, Njari, Salisbury, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Traditional music, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Traditional tune with Mbira / Njari dza maNjanja.Further details refer ILAM field card (AQ8)
- Artist(s): Mafutha Amhlophe (Leader) | Composer: Mafutha Amhlophe | 1954-00-00 | dance, Electric guitar, Guitar, Indigenous music, Jive, Mafutha Amhlophe, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Dance performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): Jake Lerole (Leader)His Rhythm (Performer) | Composer: Jake LeroleHis Rhythm | 1954-00-00 | Double Bass, Drum, Guitar, Hi-hat, His Rhythm, Indigenous music, Jake Lerole, Jive, Kwela, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Tin whistle, Traditional music, ILAM | Dance referred to as a Tin Whistle Jive. Sounds like kwela music
- Composer: Zhuake Nasinyi (Performer) | 1954/06/06 | Dance song, Indigenous music, Makulane, Mbira, Mozambique, Ndau, Nova Mambone district, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Zhuake Masingi, ILAM | Two dance tunes for Nandowa dance. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. G1A6a.
- Artist(s): Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya (Performer) | Composer: Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya | 1900-01-00 | Belgian Congo, Call and response, Central African, Chant-like, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Ensemble Gabrielle Kiwaya, Indigenous music, Song, Traditional music, Women singing, ILAM | Traditional song performed by women. The other title provided on the label is "Chant Folklorique Bayanzi".
- Artist(s): Girls from Macia village (Performer) | Composer: Girls from Macia village | 1955/10/11 | Clapping, dance, Folk music, Macia village, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Song, Southern African, Tonga, Traditional music, Two cylindrical oil can Drum, Whistles, ILAM | A Masesa dance song accompanied by whistles and pegged drums made of oil cans. The dancers wore skirts made of lala palm. Further details refer ILAM field card number H1R11
- Artist(s): Norman Span (Leader)The Merry Makers Steel Orchestra (Performer) | Composer: Norman SpanThe Merry Makers Steel Orchestra | 1900-01-00 | Calypso, Caribbean, Creole, dance, Instrumental, Maracas, Merry Makers Steel Orchestra, Popular music, Song, Span,Norman, Steel pans, Traditional music, Trinidad, ILAM | Calypso dance performed on various instruments.Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1001
- Artist(s): Nasuti Social Club (Performer) | Composer: Nasuti Social Clu | 1950/09/02 | Central African, Christianity, Eight Budongo, Eleven note Likembe mbira, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nasuti Social Club, Nsaasi flat tin rattle, religious, Soga, Song, Traditional music, Uganda, ILAM | Religious song accompanied by various indigenous instruments. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5Y1
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