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  1. Artist(s): Ekisa Saulo (Performer)Teso men (Performer) | 1950/09/04 | Akisuku Dance Song, Ekisa Saulo, Folk - East African, Teso, Tororo district, Uganda, ILAM | Akisuku dance song for men, with clapping. 'Ewututu' is the happy noise made by the Ground Hornbill early in the morning. He is happy they say because he is with his wife. "Yalama Kapeni Kokileni-Keni, Yalama Kapeni.", The Akisuku dance is done by men and women in two rows shoulder to shoulder. They spring in the air in unison without apparently moving arms or legs but with a clear straight spring, up and down in time to the music. The full song is not avaiable here.
  2. Artist(s): Teso men | Composer: Iganitiyo Ekacholi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Adedeu harp, East African, Horn, Iganitiyo Ekacholi, Morality song, Teso, Tororo, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2029.
  3. Composer: Iganitiyo Ekacholi (Performer) | 1950/09/04 | Adedeu harp, Aluti horn, Folk - East African, Iganitiyo Ekacholi, Lukiko, Mbale district, Teso, Tororo, Uganda, ILAM | Morality song with five string Adedeu horizontal harp. clapping and leg rattles, 1 side blown Aluti horn. "Do as your parents do". The harsh quality of the singer's voice is noticeable in this recording. The full song is not available here.
  4. Artist(s): Birikita I nusu (Performer/Lead)Teso women (Performer) | Composer: Birikita I nusu (Performer/Lead)Teso women (Performer) | 1950/09/04 | Birikita I nusu, Central African, double sided bass drum, Drum, Morality, sickness, single laced conical drum, Song, Sticks Metal rattles, Teso, Teso, topical, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about someone with an immoral past, who has escaped falling ill to a mysterious illness afflicting many others. Refer ILAM field card number D6A10

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