South African Music Archive Project
Malawi
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- Artist(s): Ngoni men and women (Performer) | Composer: Kiti Shunga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/31 | East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mzimba, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Shunga,Kiti, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Wedding song, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D2G-14
- Composer: Mwase Central School pupils (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/07/22 | Chewa, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mbira, Mwase Central School, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Walking Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: DX-1
- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Rubeni Mhango (Composer)Rubeni Mhango (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Drinking song, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mhango,Rubeni, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0679
- Artist(s): Henga men and a Henga women (Performer) | Composer: Rubeni Mhango (Performer)Rubeni Mhango (Composer) | 1949/07/29 | Clapping, Drinking song, Henga, Henga, Humorous, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mhango,Rubeni, Nyasaland, Song, South Eastern African, Southern African, Tumbuka, ILAM | Translated English title - "Come and see the long tailed bird." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C3Q-12
- Composer: Nezala Shonga (Composer/Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Bango, Board Zithe, Central African, Folk song, Henga, Indigenous music, Love song, Malawi, Mzimba, Nezala Shonga, Nyasaland, Tembuka, ILAM | Love song with bango and board zither accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. D2A8.
- Composer: Ufesi, L. (Composer/Performer) | 1949/08/03 | Bangwe, Chewa, Dance song, Dowa, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Ufesi,Lipiya, Zither, ILAM | Dance song with guitar body bangwe. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5A1a)
- Composer: Chewa men and a Chewa woman (Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Dowa Boma, Drinking song, Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Drinking entertainment song with Chewe men and one woman with clapping. Translated English title - "Which is the top of the world? (Which is the right side up?)" Further details refer ILAM field card (C5A9).
- Artist(s): Chewa men and women (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Chewa men and women (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Chewa, Chewa, drinking, East African, Entertainment, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Song performed by Chewa men and women for entertainment and is sung in call and response fashion. The song is unaccompanied. Refer ILAM field card C5A9
- Artist(s): Sukwa men and women (Performer) | Composer: Nelasi (Performer)Medelina (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/08 | Clapping, Dance music, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Madelina, Malawi, Nelasi, Nkonde, Nyasaland, Southern African, Sukwa, Sukwa, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4A-11
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