South African Music Archive Project
West African
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- 1900-01-00 | Drum, Flute, Indigenous music, Khartoum, Sudan, Violin, West African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC45.
- Composer: Composer not specifiedPygmies (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Pygmies, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC41.
- Artist(s): Tumbuka men and women | Composer: W. Gondure (Leader) | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Gondure,W., Kamanga, Northern Rhodesia, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, West African, Wusakili Compound, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Drinking song with clapping. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Z)
- Artist(s): Young Nsenga girls | Composer: Young Nsenga girls (Performer) | 1949/08/06 | Clapping, Kitwe Management Board Compound, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Song accompanies the Chitelele dance. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Y)
- Composer: Ralph Wright and his Rythm Boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Calypso music, Creole, Drum, Guitar, Popular music, Rhythm Boys, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, Wright,Ralph, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0756
- Artist(s): Friends of Chibanda Bandawin (Performer) | Composer: Chibanda Bandawin (Performer and Composer) | 1952/01/26 | Accordion, Baudouin,Chibanda, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elizabethville, Guitar, Kazoo, Swahili, Topical song, West African, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM field card F1M-13
- Artist(s): Luunda men at Lake Nwenu | Composer: Chikoli Nukange (Leader) | 1949/07/20 | axes, Chikoli Nukange, goblet Drum, Kambwali Lake, Kawambwa, Lake Nwenu, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, slit Drum, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Drinking sound often a humming sound. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)
- Artist(s): Melise Chibanga | Composer: Fulalesu Namunde (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Fulalesu Namunde, Melise Chibanga, Nkana Mine, Nkonde, Northern Rhodesia, Two bass Drum laced, West African, Wusakili Compound, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Choma Dance Song. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3X)
- Composer: Malinke Tribe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Dance song, French Guinea, French West Africa, Indigenous music, Kenke, Malinke, Vocal, West African, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC45.
- Composer: Bawule Tribe (Performer)Gibert Rurea (Recorder)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Bawule, French West Africa, Indigenous music, Rurea,Gibert, West African, Whistle, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC45.
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