South African Music Archive Project
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- Composer: Singolile MwamalundiNyakyusa men | dance, men, Nganya, Nyakyusa, Nyakyusa, Singolile Mwamalundi, Song, Southern African, Tanganyika, Tanzania, wedding, women, ILAM | Nganya dance song for men and women, usually performed at weddings. Refer ILAM field card D2R9
- Artist(s): Lower Gwelo Choir (Performer) | Composer: Fraser Mpofu (Leader) | Folk song, Fraser Mpofu, Guitar, Indigenous music, Lower Gwelo Choir, Lower Gwelo Mission, Ndebele, Salisbury, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, Zulu, ILAM | Translation: My dove. Topical song with guitar accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. DH12
- Composer: Denisoni MbeweEfulemu Chiunda | dance, Denisoni Mbewe, Efulemu Chiunda, Guitar, homeland, nostalgic, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, town, Yao, Zimbabwe, ILAM | A town dance in which singers express their longing for home. It is accompanied by 2 guitars. Refer ILAM field card DD13
- Composer: Odera, J.P. (Composer/Performer) | Dho, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Odera,J.P., Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with guitar. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4R16).
- Composer: Entenga Royal drummers (Performer) | Buganda, Drum, Drum tune, East African, Entenga Royal Drummers, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Uganda, ILAM | Drum tune for six drummers with set of fifteen Entenga tuned conical drums, laced, closed, single. Further details refer ILAM field card (D5V5)
- Composer: Charles KachisinKenneth MandaMicher Chitima | Chitima,Micheri, Guitar, Kachisi,Charles, Malawi, Manda,Kenneth, Manyika, minstrel, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, topical, ILAM | Topical song by minstrels, accompanied by guitars. Refer ILAM field card E2P14
- Artist(s): Lower Gwelo Choir (Performer) | Composer: Fraser Mpofu (Leader) | Dance song, Folk song, Fraser Mpofu, Guitar, Indigenous music, Lower Gwelo Choir, Ndebele, Salisbury, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Zulu, ILAM | Translation: Lobengula is dead. Marabi Town dance song with guitar accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. DG2
- Composer: Shembe Choir (Performer) | Choir, Choral music, Drum, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Religious music, Shembe, Shembe Church Choir, South Africa, Southern African, The voice of the Lord, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Religious music. Further details refer ILAM record SABC-HT18B
- Artist(s): Lower Gwelo Choir (Performer) | Composer: Fraser Mpofu (Leader) | Folk song, Fraser Mpofu, Guitar, Indigenous music, Lower Gwelo Choir, Ndebele, Salisbury, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | A "joki" is a casanova. Further details refer to ILAM card no. DH13
- Artist(s): Lower Gwelo Choir (Performer) | Composer: Fraser Mpofu (Leader) | Folk song, Fraser Mpofu, Guitar, Indigenous music, Lower Gwelo Choir, Lower Gwelo Mission, Ndebele, Salisbury, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Translation: Hit the coward. Further details refer to ILAM card no. DH14
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