South African Music Archive Project
Northern Rhodesia
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- Artist(s): Luunda women at Lake Nwenu | Composer: Luunda women (Performer) | 1949/07/20 | Clapping, Kambwali, Kawambwa, Lake Mwexa, Lake Nwenu, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music. Sung in the fields whilst sowing seeds. The monkey dances infront of the others. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)
- Artist(s): Isaac Matafwana (Performer)Sunkutu (Performer) | Composer: I. Matafwana (Composer) | 1957/07/06 | Belgian Congo, Bemba, Bottle, Guitar, Matafwana, Isaac, Northern Rhodesia, Sunkutu, Topical - Central Africa, ILAM | "The small rough knot that spoils good work". He goes on to say " If your mother has no wisdom, how can you have wisdom?" " I married a beautiful woman, but I left her for she was diseased.", If a small imperfection spoils an otherwise good work, they call the obstruction a "knot", as in a string.
- Composer: Composer not specifiedBemba men (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Bemba, Bemba, Dance music, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0656-XYZT4027
- Artist(s): Bemba men (Performer) | Composer: Mulenga, S. (Performer)Stanley Mulenga (Performer) | 1952/01/12 | Bemba, Bemba, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mulenga,Stanley, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Kalela dance. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1D7)
- Artist(s): Bemba men (Performer) | Composer: Stanley Mulenga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bemba, Bemba, Dance song, Indigenous music, Kalela dance, Mulenga,Stanley, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1D 7
- Artist(s): Hugh Tracey (Producer) | Composer: Nkonde (Performer) | 1942/01/20 | Bemba, English, Indigenous music, Nkonde, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied Bemba song. Composer not specified. Translated English title - "Time flies." Further details refer ILAM record number SABC-HT10A1
- Artist(s): Ngoni men and women | Composer: Peniasi Manyoni | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nkana Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Peniasi Manyoni, West African, Wusakili Compound, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Tribal fighting. Women clapping and men stamp their feet. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3X)
- Artist(s): Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele Lungu (Performer)Yelele Lungu (Composer) | 1949/08/29 | Kalimba, Love song, Lungu,Yelele, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Love song with Kalimba Mbira. Translated English title - "I am enchanted when i look at Kalengele." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4V-19
- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, love, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Love song accompanied by the ten note Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "I am enchanted when I look at Kalengele". Further details refer ILAM field card C4V19
- Composer: Bemba men at the Mufulira Mine | 1949/07/28 | Bemba, Bemba, Bulumba, dance, hunting, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Hunting song to accompany the Bulumba hunting dance. It is sung after the huntRefer ILAM field card C3P14
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