South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Muntano Gomez o Feliciano | Chibuto district, Gomez o Feliciano, Muntano, Guitar, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Sul do Save Province, Tonga, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with guitar. "If you have no child it is no good. Other women have children, they fill the village. There are many men here standing in the queues for going to Johannesburg. You, my wife, you do not want to eat porridge - you want rice. There is no rice here, because I am poor. Go to the rich where they can afford rice."So she went to a rich man to get her rice, but now she gets no clothes, no shoes, and at last, no food.Details from ILAM record number TP4274-H1P14
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | 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
- Artist(s): Simon Mafiru Sitole | Central African, Chipinga district, Indigenous music, Mount Selinda, Ndau, Rhodesia, Simon Mafiru Sitole, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Topical song with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator. "See I am crying, mother-in-law.Poverty, elder brother, alack.See, Sophiatown is bad, PatisoniIn my distress I think of homeHappiness to you all at Marange."The singer sings about the conditions in which he finds himself at Sophiatown, near Johannesburg, where he works as a carpenter's assistant. His home, Marange is in the Chipinga District of Southern Rhodesia, about 400 miles north east of Johannesburg.Details from ILAM record number TP4272-2
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | Central African, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndau, Rhodesia, Simon Sitole, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-3
- Composer: Congregation of the Shembe Church of Nazareth (Performer) | Bass Drum, Choral music, Congregation of Shembe's Church, Congregation of the Shembe Church of Nazareth, Hymn, Lament, Religious music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Hymn sung in processions, accompanied by the bass drum. Refer ILAM field card H1C8
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | Central African, Dance song, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndau, Rhodesia, Simon Sitole, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-4
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | Central African, Dance song, Indigenous music, Ndau, Rhodesia, Simon Sitole, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-5
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSimon Sitole (Performer) | Central African, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndau, Rhodesia, Simon Sitole, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-6
- Composer: Composer not specifiedGomukomu (Performer) | Central African, Chopi, Dance song, Gomukomu, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Orchestra, Portuguese East Africa, Xylophone, Zandamela village, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4273-H1L2
- Composer: Gomukomu (Composer)Gomukomu (Performer) | Chopi, Dance song, East African, Gomukomu, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Orchestra, Portuguese East Africa, Two rattles, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4273-H1L3
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