South African Music Archive Project
Nandi
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- Artist(s): Nandi men (Performer) | Composer: Kiptui Arap Moroko (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/09 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Moran dance, Moroko,Kiptui Arap, Nandi, Nandi, Nandi, ILAM | Translated English title - "The Kikuye's pen." Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-1
- Artist(s): Nandi men | Composer: Kiptui Arap Moroko (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Kapsabet, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Moran dance song, Moroko,Kiptui Arap, Nandi, Nandi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2051.
- Composer: Akito Arap Yeko (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/09 | East African, Kenya, Kipukandet, Lyre, Nandi, Nandi, Praise song, Yeko,Akito Arap, ILAM | Praise song with Kipukandet six string bowl lyre. Further details refer ILAM field card (D6F8)
- Composer: Akito Arap Yeko (Performer) | 1950/09/09 | East African, Kapsabet Nandi district Kenya, Nandi, Praise song, Yeko, Akito Arap, ILAM | Praise song with Kipukandet 5 string lyre (5 or 6 string pentatonic lyre used by Nandi tribe in Kenya, also known as Kibugantet and Chepkong.) This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, like the Bongwe zither of Nyasaland. This gave 2 chords. Notes 1, 3 and 5 and notes 2 and 4. One string, they said, was missing, the lower octave of number 1. The scale was: 308, 256, 232, 206, 180, (154) vs., The tune comes from the Luo people in the valleys below but has had Nandi words put to it. It is a song of praise for the Nandi country and other places which the singer and his audience have visited., The full recording is not available here.
- Composer: Elijan Reremoi | 1950/09/23 | Baringo district Kenya, Folk music, Kenyan, Nandi, Reremoi, Elijan, ILAM | Rekweno dance song for men.The many unrelated verses are mostly deswcriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song typical of the Nandi.
- Artist(s): Nandi boys (Performer) | Composer: Paul Serebu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/09 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Moran dance, Nandi, Nandi, Nandi, Serebu,Paul, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-5
- Artist(s): Nandi boys | Composer: Paul Serebu Chemwor (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chemwor,Paul Serebu, Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Kapsabet, Kenya, Moran dance song, Nandi, Nandi, Serebu,Paul, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2062.
- Artist(s): Tugan Boys (Performer) | Composer: Elijah Rerimei (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/23 | East African, Fighting song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Kenya, Nandi, Rerimori,Elijah, Tuga, Tuken, ILAM | Fighting Song. Banned by Kenyan Government in 1955. Further details refer ILAM record field number XYZ5553a
- Artist(s): Tugan Boys (Performer) | Composer: Elijah Rerimei (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/23 | Drinking song, East African, Folk song, Indigenous music, Kenya, Nandi, Rerimori,Elijah, Tuga, Tuken, ILAM | Drinking Song. Further details refer ILAM record field number XYZ5553
- Artist(s): Nandi boys (Performer) | Composer: Paulo Arap Maiyo (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/09 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Maiyo,Paulo Arap, Moran dance, Nandi, Nandi, Nandi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-4
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