South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Ganda women (Performer) | Composer: Ali H. Wachibi (Performer) | bow, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Lute, Ndingidi, Party song, Uganda, Wachibi,Ali H., ILAM | Party song with four old Ganda women, with clapping and one-string lute (Ndingidi) with sisal string and bow. Further details refer ILAM field card (D3E1)
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Arap Ng' asuru (Performer)Composer not specified | Drinking song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Ng'asura,Arap, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L-13
- Composer: Kipkeino Arap Rop (Performer)Kipkeino Arap Rop (Composer) | East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipukandet lyre, Nandi, Nandi, Rop,Kipkeino Arap, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-12
- Composer: Akito Arap Yeko (Performer)Akito Arap Yeko (Composer) | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipukandet lyre, Nandi, Nandi, Praise song, Yeko,Akito Arap, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-10
- Composer: Kiplakat Arap Tanui (Performer)Kiplakat Arap Tanui (Composer) | Heroic song, Kapsabet Nandi district Kenya, Kenyan, Nandi, Tanui, Kiplakat Arap, ILAM | Heroic song with Kipukandet, 6 string bowl lyre ((5 or 6 string pentatonic lyre used by Nandi tribe in Kenya, also known as Kibugantet and Chepkong.) This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, like the Bongwe zither of Nyasaland. This gave 2 chords. Notes 1, 3 and 5 and notes 2 and 4., The local hero Chepulon is a national legendary figure whose exploits are held up to the young men to emulate. In such ways are tribal manners and codes of behaviour instilled into the younger generation., The full recording is not available here.
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men (Performer) | Composer: Hashima Kilamata (Composer/Performer) | Drum, East African, Hashima Bin Kilamata, Leg bell, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translation: Everyone despises me. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G5)
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | Chepkongo lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L-2
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | Chepkongo lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L-1
- Composer: Elisha Nyakango (Performer)Elisha Nyakango (Composer) | Dho Luo, East African, Elisha Nyakango, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kisii, Luo, Nyanza, Religious chant, Thum bowl lyre, Wend Nyasha religious chant, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6J-13
- Artist(s): Luo men (Performer) | Composer: Choto Nyasis (Performer)Composer not specified | Choto Nyasis, Dho Luo, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kisii, Luo, Luo, Nyanza, Topical song, Unaccompanied, Wend Tigo topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6J-12
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