South African Music Archive Project
Henga
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- Composer: Tumbuka women and girls(Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Uzamba, ILAM | Uzamba dance song -initiation song with two goblet drums and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY3)
- Composer: Tumbuka women and girls(Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Clapping, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Uzamba dance song -initiation song with two goblet drums and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY3)
- Artist(s): Tumbuka men (Performer) | Composer: Tumbuka women (Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Kasungu, Malawi, mortar, Nyasaland, pestle, Pounding song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Pounding song with mortar and pestles. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2G12)Translated English title - "All this pounding for nothing." Further details refer ILAM field card (DY9)
- Artist(s): Tumbuka men (Performer) | Composer: Tumbuka women (Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Kasungu, Malawi, mortar, Nyasaland, pestle, Pounding song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Pounding song with mortar and two pestles. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY9)
- Artist(s): Tumbuka men (Background) | Composer: Tumbuka women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/23 | East African, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Kasungu, Malawi, Mortar and two pestles, Nyasaland, Pounding song, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. DY-9.
- Artist(s): Tumbuka girls (Performer) | Composer: Taines Chirwa (Performer)Mwenele Kaunda (Performer)Nancy Luhana (Performer) | 1950/05/31 | Chirwa,Taines, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Kaunda,Mwenela, Luhana,Nancy, Malawi, mortar, Mzimba, Nyasaland, pestle, Pounding song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Pounding song with mortar and pestles. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2G11)
- Composer: Mkandawile, F (Performer)Fumba Mkandawile (Performer)Mkandawile, F L(Composer)Lundazi Fumba Mkandawile (Composer) | 1949/08/24 | Bangwe String, Henga, Humorous, Lusaka, Mkandawile,Fumba Lundazi, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Humorous song accompanied by Bangwe. Translated English title - "I hate my cousin". Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4Q20.
- Composer: Nezala Shonga (Composer/Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Bango, Board zither, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mzimba, Nezala Shonga, Nyasaland, Southern African, Topical song, Tumbuka, ILAM | Translation: Let me feed the hungry bird. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D2A11.
- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKesita Gondwe (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Kesita Gondwe, Malawi, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Spirit song, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "This disease cannot be cured." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0675
- Composer: Kesita GondweHenga men at the Mufulira Mine | 1949/07/30 | bass, dance, Drum, Henga, Henga, Kesita Gondwe, lace, Mufulira Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, spirit, Tumbuka, Virombo, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Virombo spirit dance, accompanied by 2 laced, bass drumsRefer ILAM field card C3R15
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