South African Music Archive Project
Portuguese East Africa
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- Artist(s): Augusto Nyamisi (Leader) | Composer: Soldiers from Grupo de Esquadioes de Mozambique (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/05/23 | East African, Grupo de Esquadioes de Mozambique, Indigenous music, Marching song, Mozambique, Ndau, Nyamise,Augusto, Portuguese East Africa, Shanga, Soldier's song, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Translated English title - "Sister, wei." Further details refer ILAM field card number: CB-3
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | 1957/01/03 | Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mozambique, Ndau, Portuguese East Africa, Simon Sitole, Topical song, Zandamela village, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-1
- Composer: Kambi Malunga | 1949/09/19 | 24 note, Chikunda, Instrumental, Malunga,Kambi, Mbira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Sansi, Sena, Southern African, ILAM | A piece played on the Sansi mbira. Refer ILAM field card C5Q8
- Composer: Simoni Zambezi Chirumba (Performer) | 1949/09/21 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Msidzimu, Nsansi, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Simoni Zambezi Chirumba, Song for the Spirits, Tete, Tonga, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. C5S8.
- Composer: Marcus Dela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Marcus Bala, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3357.
- Composer: Marcus Dela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Marcus Bala, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3357.
- Artist(s): Muntano Gomez o Feliciano | 1955/10/08 | Chibuto district, Gomez o Feliciano, Muntano, Hlanganu, Lament, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Raft rattle, Southern African, Sul do Save Province, Tonga, ILAM | Lament with raft rattle. The rattle has seeds inside a hollow raft of stout grass stalks."They put poison in my beer and that is why I have nochild. I am very worried about the guitar. I do not like to meet anyone. I went to my doctor to make myself effective to get a child. I asked my uncle if he had seen the way I dance. Did the old people kill a man on account of his dancing - or does that only happen to me?"Details from ILAM field card H1P16
- Composer: Feliciaus Gomez (Composer)Muarano Gomez (Performer) | 1955/08/10 | East African, Gomez,Feliciano Muntano, Gomez,Muntano, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Rattle, Tonga, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4274-H1P7
- Composer: Nyembane dancers | 1955/03/06 | Corrugated iron, Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Nyembane, Nyembane, Portuguese East Africa, South Africa, Southern African, Tonga, Transvaal, Zore, ILAM | Zore dance song accompanied by various types of drums and beating with sticks on corrugated iron. Refer ILAM field card H1H12
- Artist(s): Nyawelanyane Fulaho(Leader) | Composer: Chopi People (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Central African, Chopi, Chopi, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Nyawelanyane Fulaho, Portuguese East Africa, Timbila, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1302
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