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  1. Artist(s): Tabitha Wairimu with Kikyuyu girls | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Forest Hall district, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Wairimu,Tabitha, ILAM | A very simple dance song, sung in unison.Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
  2. Artist(s): Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specified | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiambu district, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Ndenderu, Kariuki, ILAM | A dance song, Njama for old men. "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows". The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable, instead of on the penultimate, might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
  3. Composer: Asumani Bini Sumaili (Performer) | Asumani Bini Sumaili, Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Pango board zither, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2168
  4. East African, Indigenous music, Marimba xylophone, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2169
  5. East African, Indigenous music, Marimba xylophone, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2169
  6. Composer: Jasoni Limbani (Performer)Dickison Malembesa (Performer)Composer not specified | Blantyre, Dance tune, Dikinsoni Malembesa, East African, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Jasoni Limbane, Machipo dance, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card number: DN 9
  7. Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Ngoleka, G.P. (Performer)Composer not specified | Blantyre, Dance song, Drinking song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Nakula dance, Ngoleka,G.P., Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card number: DN 10
  8. Dance song, East African, Friction stick, Indigenous music, Marimba xylophone, Rattle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2167
  9. Artist(s): Kikuyu Girls (Performer) | Composer: Wangari wa Gibson (Performer)Composer not specified | Dance song, East African, Folk song, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Wangari wa Gibson, ILAM | Dance Song for boys and girls. Further details refer ILAM record field number XYZ5550a

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