South African Music Archive Project
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- Bottle, Guitar, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3967
- Angola, Bottle, Bulusako, Central African, Chisanzhi, Folk song, Indigenous music, Luvale, Sticks, ILAM | Wood carrying song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard number L3I-1.
- Indigenous music, Kankobele, Lala, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3970
- Artist(s): A. Kabamba (Performer) | Composer: S. Kaseya (Performer) | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, Central African, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, goblet Drum, Guitar, Indigenous music, Jadotville, Kabamba,A., Kanyoka, Kaseya,S., Struck metal, ILAM | Kamwendende dance. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard L3D-4.
- Artist(s): Misomba Victor (Performer) | Composer: Ilunga Patrice (Composer/Performer) | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Hemba, Indigenous music, Luba, Patrice,Ilunga, Topical song, Victor,Misomba, ILAM | Translation: Mbwiya son of Chalo (Performer)
- Composer: Ebogoma Gabriel (Performer) | Belgian Congo, Box resonated soundhole, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebogoma,Gabriel, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Medje, Medje, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. F4J6.
- Composer: Grupo Manjacaziana (Performer)Edward Sono (Composer) | Dance song, Drum, Edward Sono, Grupo Manjacaziana, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mandoline, Manjakaze, Mozambique, Portuguese, Portuguese East Africa, Samba, Southern African, ILAM | Translation: The codfish. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard number D8H4.
- Artist(s): Chibanda and Kasena with 7 Kanyoka men | Basket rattle, Bottle, Folk - Central African, Guitar, Kanyoka, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Congo, ILAM | Topical song with 2 guitars, 3 basket rattles and 1 bottle. Chibanda and Kasena with 7 Kanyoka men. Territory Mwene Ditu, District Kabinda, Kasai, Belgian Congo. Recorded in rural Panda-Jadotville, Belgian Congo., "The Kanyoka captured the Chief of the Kasai people on the other side of the river, cut off his head, put it in a pot of beer and drank the beer.", It is not certain from the context to which tribal wars this incident refers, if any. It may well be a form of boasting or braggadocio.
- Artist(s): Misomba Victor (Performer) | Composer: Ilunga Patrice (Composer/Performer) | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Hemba, Luba, Patrice,Ilunga, Victor,Misomba, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard number L3B-7B.
- Artist(s): Kwadi Bonza (Performer) | Composer: Nyundu Gabriel (Performer) | Belgian Congo, Central African, Chisanzhi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Flute, Katanga, Kwadi Bonza, Luba, Mbira, Nyundu Gabriel, Self delectative song, ILAM | Translation: The orphan
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