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  1. Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1928-00-00 | Gethonosa Choir, Guitar, Indigenous music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3594.
  2. Composer: Nontwintwi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/05/10 | bow, Ciskei, Eastern Cape, Folk music, Hadi bow, Indigenous music, Ngaika, Nontwintwi, South Africa, Southern African, Transkei, Vocals, Xhosa, ILAM | Translated English title - "I was in love with a ne'er do well." Further details refer ILAM field card number: L1K 3
  3. Artist(s): Baca dancers (Performer) | Composer: Mazinyo (Lead Performer) | 1955/03/06 | Baca, Baca, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mazinyo, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Stamping and clapping, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. H1H13.
  4. Artist(s): Mazinyo (Leader) | Composer: Baca Dancers (Performer) | 1955/03/06 | Baca, Baca Dancers, Clapping, Dance song, Indigenous music, Mazinyo, Ndhlamu, South Africa, Southern African, Stamping, ILAM | Ndhlamu Dance song. Further details refer to ILAM card no. H1H13
  5. Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Concert, dance, Elim Hospital Native Choir, Euro-African, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Concert song with a European influence. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
  6. Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Elim Hospital Native Choir, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Piano, Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Marabi style song with piano accompaniment. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
  7. Composer: Hugh Tracey (Narrator)Constance Magogo (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Constance Magogo Uzulu ka-Dinuzulu, Folk music, Indigenous music, Poetic song, South Africa, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Ugubhu Bow, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM reel number: BC59.
  8. Composer: Lu Myalo and his concertina (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/04 | Cape, Ceskei, concertina, Eastern Cape, Indigenous music, Lu Myalo, South Africa, Southern African, Transkei, Unaccompanied, Vocal, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1220
  9. Composer: Julai Mashawe | 1948/05/15 | Julai Mashawe, love, mbira dza wa Shangaan, Ndau, Song, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Mbira dza wa Shangaan Love songRefer ILAM field card A2F2
  10. Composer: Spokes & WilliamE.Nomvete (Composer) | 1905/05/13 | Ceskei, Eastern Cape, Flute, Guitar, Jive, Mashiyane, Spokes, Nomvete,E., Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Spokes & William, Tin whistle, Transkei, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1050

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