South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Nandi boys | Composer: Paul Serebu Chemwor (Performer)Composer not specified | Chemwor,Paul Serebu, Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Kapsabet, Kenya, Moran dance song, Nandi, Nandi, Serebu,Paul, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2062.
- Artist(s): Arusha men | Composer: Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha, East African, Masai, Ndasimi Sarubare, Rika initiation dance song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2040.
- Composer: Chopi girls (Performer) | Chopi, Chopi, East African, Flute, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Ocarina, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Whistle, Zavala, ILAM | Sigowili tune by three Chopi girls on Ocarina whistles/flutes. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1N7)
- Artist(s): Arusha women | Composer: Nagalal Sengeo (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Nagalal Sengeo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | An Osingolis Longoroyo love song. "High God, Ngai. Give all the women children." A sentiment frequently expressed by all African folk., The full song is not available here.
- Artist(s): Arusha men | Composer: Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, Embrukoi dance song, FOLK MUSIC, Indigenous music, Masai, Masai, Ndasimi Sarubare, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Embrukoi dance song for men and women. The Embrukoi dance is characterised by highleaps into the air with a rigid body. The dancers will leap as much as 18 inches clear into the air, at the same time giving a characteristic lift to the chin. The song praises his friends who kill lions. He sings also that he himself found a lion beside the path and killed it with his spear, a not uncommon feat among these people. He also sings of a faction fight in his district between neighbouring villages. This is a well known song in the Arusha District. The use of a thin falsetto by the solo singer quite belies the look of the man, which is far from being effeminate and typical of the younf Masai moran.
- Artist(s): Nandi men | Composer: Kiptui Arap Moroko (Performer)Composer not specified | Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Kapsabet, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Moran dance song, Moroko,Kiptui Arap, Nandi, Nandi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2051.
- Artist(s): Nandi men | Composer: Kipet Arap Too (Performer)Composer not specified | Dance song, East African, Kapsabet, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Moran dance song, Nandi, Nandi, Too,Kiptui Arap, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2051.
- Artist(s): Arusha men and women | Composer: Baiyani Medureki (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Indigenous music, Masai, Medureki,Baiyani, Osingolio dance song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Osingolio Londoiya - dance song for men and women. "Sing the chorus, you young men and women. For we are the brave of the country." While the girls sing the words of the chorus, the men sing the typical humming sounds in unison. A delightfully intricate song and not at all easy to follow on first hearing.
- Artist(s): Arusha men and women | Composer: Baiyani Medureki (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Indigenous music, Masai, Medureki, Baiyani, Osingolio dance song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Osingolio dance song for men and women. Osingolio Bunya. "We are all friends, So we should all sing together, Sing the chorus you young people." Although the chorus sung by the girls at first appears simple, it is very difficult to catch and repeat.
- Artist(s): Arusha men | Composer: Bayani Medurek (Performer)Composer not specified | Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Medurek,Baiyani, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | An Osingolio Longishu cattle song. "Whenever you walk around the country never forget that I am the best singer and the one most loved by the girls."Several handsome young men sang the solos and all boasted of their charms.
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