South African Music Archive Project
Chewa
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- Artist(s): Govati and Chewa women (Performer) | Composer: Shawa (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Chewa, Chewa, Drinking song, Folk song, Govati, Indigenous music, Lilongwe, Malawi, Nyanga, Nyasaland, Shawa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Drinking song, unaccompanied. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. DV8.
- Artist(s): Benson Phiri (Leader) | Composer: Chewa men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/19 | Chewa, Chewa, Dance song, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malipenga singing gourd, Muganda dance, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Phiri,Benson, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: DU 5
- Artist(s): Chewa girls (Performer) | Composer: Chewa girls (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Central African, Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, ILAM | Singing game song. Further details refer to ILAM field card DX12
- Composer: Chewa girls (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number DX4
- Composer: Chewa girls (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Indigenous music, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number DX4
- Artist(s): Chewa women (Performer) | Composer: Chewa women (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Central African, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Folk music. "Do not steal". Further details refer to ILAM field card DV9
- Artist(s): Chewa young men (Performer) | Composer: Witimani Phiri (Composer)Chewa young men (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Bass Drum, Central African, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Phiri,Witimani, singing, ILAM | Folk music sung about the mine workers in Johannesburg. Further details refer to ILAM field card DV6
- Artist(s): Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer)Nyanja and Chewa men and women | Composer: Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer)Nyanja and Chewa men and women | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe board zither, Chewa, Chewa, dance, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mbeleka, men and women, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Mbeleka dance song for men and women, accompanied on Bangwe board zither. The English title is My leg has slipped into the cassave hole. Refer ILAM field card C5C10
- Artist(s): Nyanja Chewa men and women | Composer: Mesiyasi Chulu (Performer) | 1949/09/05 | Central African, Chewa, Chewa, Dance song, Dowa, Folk song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, ILAM | Dance song for Mbeleka dance for men and women. Translated English title - "My leg, my leg has slipped into the cassava pit". Further details refer ILAM field card no. C5C11.
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