South African Music Archive Project
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- Artist(s): Nawandala Social Club (Performer)Leader Sefoloza (Performer) | Composer: Nawandala Social Club (Performer)Leader Sefoloza (Performer) | Central African, Clapping, exhortation, Nawandala Social Club, One laced conical drum played with sticks, Sefoloza, Soga, Song, traditional, Uganda, ILAM | Song of exhortation accompanied by drumming and clapping. Refer ILAM field card number D5Y5
- Artist(s): Kuruseni (Performer)Soga men (Performer) | Composer: Kuruseni (Performer)Soga men (Performer) | Bird, Budongo Likembe mbiras, Call and response, Central African, flat Nsaasi rattle, Kuruseni, Likembe, Mbira, Soga, Soga, Song, topical, traditional, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about a beautiful bird, accompanied by various instruments. Refer ILAM field card number D5Y4
- Artist(s): Iganitiyo Ekacholi (Performer/Lead)Teso men (Performer) | Composer: Iganitiyo Ekacholi (Performer/Lead)Teso men (Performer) | Central African, Clapping, Five string Adedeu horizontal harp, Iganitiyo Ekacholi, Leg rattles, One side blown Aluti horn, praise, Song, Teso, traditional, Uganda, ILAM | Praise song for a chief, who like his peers are regarded as having the wisdom of bulls. Refer ILAM field card number D6A7
- Artist(s): Unknown (Performer) | Composer: Unknown (Performer) | Central African, Male singing, Song, traditional, Uganda, Zither, ILAM | Song accompanied by the zither. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Gogo men (Performer) | Composer: Madeje Matengo (Composer/Performer) | Dodoma, East African, Gogo, Gogo, Madeje Matengo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2X16)
- Artist(s): Unknown (Performer) | Composer: Unknown (Performer) | Call and response, Drum, Males singing, Mbira, rattles, Song, traditional, ILAM | Traditional son accompanied by various instruments. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Birikita I nusu (Performer/Lead)Teso women (Performer) | Composer: Birikita I nusu (Performer/Lead)Teso women (Performer) | Birikita I nusu, Central African, double sided bass drum, Drum, Morality, sickness, single laced conical drum, Song, Sticks Metal rattles, Teso, Teso, topical, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about someone with an immoral past, who has escaped falling ill to a mysterious illness afflicting many others. Refer ILAM field card number D6A10
- Artist(s): Mtonya Bota (Performer) | Composer: Ngaina Nolo (Composer/Performer) | Dodoma, East African, Gogo, Ilimba, Mbira, Mtonya Bota, Ngaina Nolo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Self delectative song. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2X10 )
- Artist(s): Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer) | Composer: Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer) | Abalere ba Kabaka, Central African, Conical Drum, Cylindrical Drum, Drum, End blown - Open, Flute, Ganda, Goats, Hand, Ndere flute, Ridicule, Song, Stick, topical, traditional, Uganda, ILAM | The song is about a man who never slaughtered his goats. It is accompanied by several types of drums and end blown flutes. Refer ILAM field card number D5W2
- Artist(s): Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer) | Composer: Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer) | Abalere ba Kabaka, Central African, Class status, Conical Drum, Drum, End blown - notched and open, Flute, Ganda, Hand, Laced drum, Morality, Ndere flutes, Song, Stick, traditional, Uganda, ILAM | Morality song accompanied by drums and flutes. The song warns a man to be a faithful servant. Refer ILAM field card number D5W3
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