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  1. Artist(s): Daudi Otuoma (Performer) | Composer: Daudi Otuoma (Performer) | 1950/09/13 | Bicycle mender, Daudi Otuoma, Dholuo, East African, Gara leg bells, Kenya, praise, Song, Thum eight string lyre, traditional, ILAM | Praise song for a friend who is regarded an excellent bicycle mender, accompanied by bells and a lyre. Refer ILAM field card number D6J4
  2. Artist(s): Tatu Ali (Performer)Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Tatu Ali (Performer)Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | Ali,Tatu Binti, East African, Folk, love, Nguja, Nyamwezi, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, ILAM | Traditional love song. Refer ILAM field card number D3F8
  3. Artist(s): Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | Composer: Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Anselm P. Mkwama, East African, Hehe, Ligombo zithe, Male singing, Pancras Mkwana, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, ILAM | Man singing a traditional song while accompaned on the Ligombo zither. There are tapping sounds in the background. ILAM field card number is unknown
  4. Artist(s): Young girls (Performer)James Chirwa (Performer)Dandy Boys (Performer)Mwerela Kaunda (Performer) | Composer: Young girls (Performer)James Chirwa (Performer)Mwenela Kaunda (Performer)Dandy Boys (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Call and response, Chirwa,James, Dandy Boys, Drum, Heya, Kaunda,Mwenela, Malawi, Nyasaland, singing, Song, Southern African, traditional, Tumbuka, Young girls, ILAM | Song performed by young girls who are accompanied by the beats on the mortar and pestle. The voices of the singers appear not to be those of the names mentioned on the record label. ILAM field card is unknown
  5. Artist(s): Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | Composer: Paneras (Performer)Anselm P Mkwama (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Anselm P. Mkwama, East African, Hehe, Ligombo zithe, Male singing, Pancras Mkwana, Rhythmic tapping, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, topical, traditional, ILAM | Male singing a topical song, accompanied by the Ligombo zither and tapping sounds which correspond with the rhythms on the zither. ILAM field card number is unknown
  6. Artist(s): The Alwattan Music Club (Performer)Leader Subeti Salim Saidi (Performer) | Composer: The Alwattan Music Club (Performer)Leader Subeti Salim Saidi (Performer) | 1950/07/12 | Alwattan Music Club, East African, Instrumental, Nguja, Subeti Salim Saidi, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Xylophone, ILAM | Instrumental piece performed on the xylophone. The information on the field card and the sound on the record do not correspond with the information on the record label. Refer ILAM field card number D3W5
  7. Artist(s): Seti Kamanga (Performer) | Composer: Beti Kamanga (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Bangwe zither, Kamanga,Beti, Malawi, Man singing, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, Tonga, topical, traditional, ILAM | Topical song accompanied on the Bangwe zither. ILAM field card is unknown
  8. Artist(s): Kiloseja Mwana Nkoko (Performer)not specified others (Performer) | Composer: Kiloseja Mwana Nkoko (Performer)not specified others (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Call and response, dance, East African, Kilogeja Mwana Nkoko, men, Nyamwezi, Song, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Wigasha, ILAM | Wigasha dance song performed by men. ILAM field card number is unknown
  9. Composer: Chabarwa Musunda | 1948/04/30 | Ai, Karanga, Musunda,Chabarwa, Njanja, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, traditional, tune, Zimbabwe, ILAM | An Air based on a traditional tuneRefer ILAM field card AQ11
  10. Artist(s): Leader Feliciano Gomez (Composer/Performer)Unidentified others (Performer) | Composer: Feliciano Gomez (Composer/Performer)Unidentified others (Performer) | 1950/11/01 | Gomez,Feliciano Muntano, Guitar, Lead singer and chorus, Makwekwe, Mozambique, Popular, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, traditional, Tswa, ILAM | Song performed by a lead singer and a chorus, with the accompaniment of guitars. The record label calls the song a lament but it is fairly lively. Refer ILAM field card number D8G3

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