South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Cherwo Arap KorogoremBekyibei Arap Mosonick | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Cheriro Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kapkatet, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis district, Korogorem, Mosonik, Bekyibei Arap, Praise song, Vocal, ILAM | Praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre. The main theme of this song is affection for the Kipsigis country. He also asks 'why the whitemen should have taken over the country' which incidentally they themselves took from others in the past. He comes, he says, from the Sotik nearby. The name 'Chemirocha' is their pronunciation of 'Jimmy Rodgers' whose gramophone records were the first to be heard in the district. It is now synonomous for anything strange or new. Details from ILAM field card number: D6L 6
- Artist(s): Kipkemo Arap SitonikKepkoske Arap Chepkwony | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony, Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kapkatet, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis district, Praise song, Sitonik, Kipkemo Arap, ILAM | A praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre. This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the strings and the left mutes or opens the 6 strings, making it possible to play two or three chords on the open un-muted strings. The singer mentions by name his home village, places of common interest to his friends. The player flips the body of his lyre on the 2nd and 4th beats. In common with several African verse makers, the singer sings in couplets, repeating the second phrase and making it the first line of the next.Details from ILAM field card number: D6L 3
- Composer: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kipkemo Arap Sitonik (Composer) | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Sitonik,Kipkemo Arap, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 4
- Composer: F.H. Simon Amollo (Performer)Ibrahim Abonyo (Performer)Composer not specified | Dho Luo, East African, F.H. Simon Amollo, Guitar, Ibrahim Abonyo, Kenya, Luo, Mandoline, Topical song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0223
- Composer: Charondet Arap Ng'asura (Performer)Composer not specified | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Katuiyo dance, Kenya, Kipsigis, Ng'asura,Charondet Arap, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 18
- Artist(s): Nyoro men and women (Performer) | Composer: Festo Mburabwikyo (Performer)Festo Mburabwikyo (Composer) | Ankle gourd rattle, Central African, Clapping, Dance song, Festo Mburabwikyo, Igulya dance, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Nyoro, Uganda, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM fielde card number: D5T 7
- Artist(s): Nyoro men and women (Performer) | Composer: Festo Mburabwikyo (Performer)Festo Mburabwikyo (Composer) | Ankle gourd rattle, Central African, Dance song, Festo Mburabwikyo, Igulya dance, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Nyoro, Uganda, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM fielde card number: D5T 8
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 1
- Artist(s): Kipkemo (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Praise song, Sitonik,Kipkemo Arap, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 2
- Artist(s): Matia Kabaruka (Leader) | Composer: Western Province Demonstration Team (Performer)Composer not specified | Central African, Guitar, Mandoline, Matia Kabaruka, Nkole, Nyoro, Propaganda song, Uganda, Vocal, Western Province Demonstration Team, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0218
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