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Fabiao Dingani Mashawa
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- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bileni, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Hlanganu, Mbira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self delectative, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. H1R8.
- Artist(s): Fabiao Dingani Mashawa | 1955/10/11 | Bileni district, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Hlanganu, Mbira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Sul do Save Province, Tonga, ILAM | Self delectative song with mbira dza WaNdau. The performer is one of the few Tonga people who have learnt to play the Ndau instrument, the mbira dza WaNdau, which has travelled southwards since the time of the Shangaan chief Ngungunyana for whom the Ndau fought as a subservient tribe during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Several of the fighting men stayed in the south and married Tsonga women and their children have used the paternal instrument, singing to it traditional songs.Further details refer ILAM field card no. H1R-8.
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self-delectative song, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Translated English title - "Mother-in-law." Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R12)
- Artist(s): Two elderly Tonga women (Performer) | Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self-delectative song, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Translated English title - "Beautiful." Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R12)
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self-delectative song, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R13)
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R13)
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/11/10 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self-delectative song, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R13)
