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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Park Station | Southern African

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ILAM

Traditional dance song with reference to Park Station in Johannesburg

Mambaulela Makhubela
Shangaan Drum Dancers

 1966-00-00 Call and response | Drum | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Johannesburg | Mambaulela Makhubela | Migrant | Shangaan | Shangaan | Shouts | South Africa | Southern African | Tin whistle | Traditional music
Puseletso | South African

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ILAM

Unaccompanied song, with a solo voice accompanied by choir with repeated drone or chant-like melody.

The Basuto Choir

 1900-01-00 Basotho | Call and response | Chant like accompaniment | Choir | ILAM | Indigenous music | Men singing | Part singing | Popular music | Song | Sotho | South Africa | South African | Traditional music | Unaccompanied
Riksha | Southern African

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ILAM

Marabi style dance song for men and women, accompanied by the piano. Further details refer ILAM field card number DC46

The Natal Champions (Performer)

 1948-00-00 Call and response | dance | ILAM | Marabi style | men and women | Natal Champions | Part-singing | Popular music | Song | South Africa | Southern African | Zulu
Sani bona | Southern African

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ILAM

Unaccompanied Mbube style song. Further details refer ILAM field card number DC47

Naughty Boys Choir (Performer)

 1948-00-00 Call and response | Folk music | Greeting | ILAM | Isicathamiya | Mbube | men | Naughty Boys Choir | Part-singing | Popular music | Song | South Africa | Southern African | Traditional music | Unaccompanied | Zulu
Shing'ang'ali nadosan |

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ILAM

Wigasha dance song performed by men. ILAM field card number is unknown

Kuhela Kulaja (Performer)
not specified others (Performer)

 1950-00-00 Call and response | East African | ILAM | Kuhela Kulaja | Men singing | Nyamwezi | Song | Sukuma | Tanganyika | Tanzania | traditional | Wigasha
Tembo |

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ILAM

Song performed by young girls who are accompanied by beats on the mortar and pestle. The voices of the singers appear not to be those of the names mentioned on the record label. ILAM field card is unknown

James Chirwa (Performer)
Mwenela Kaunda (Performer)
Dandy Boys (Performer)
Young girls (Performer)


 1950-00-00 Call and response | Chirwa,James | Dandy Boys | Drum | Heya | ILAM | Kaunda,Mwenela | Malawi | Nyasaland | Song | Southern African | traditional | Tumbuka | Unaccompanied | Young girls
Topina |

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ILAM

Topical song performed by men who are accompanied by clapping and drum beats. ILAM field card number is unknown

 1950-00-00 Call and response | Clapping | Drum | East African | Haya | ILAM | Male singing | Nyoro | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania | topical | Tradition
Tsamba yako |

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ILAM

Topical song in which someone informs his friend he will burn a letter and asks him not to worry. ILAM field card number is unknown

Teacher Training School (Performer)

 1951-06-06 Burn | Call and response | ILAM | Letter | men and women | Ndau | Part singing | Song | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Teachers' Training College | topical | Worry | Zimbabwe
Tula ongela haya Wachezaji wa Manyana |

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ILAM

Drinking song accompanied by clapping. ILAM field card number is unknown

Wachezaji wa Manyana (Performer)

 1950-00-00 Call and response | Clapping | drinking | East African | ILAM | Nyamwezi | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania | traditional | Wachezaji wa Manyanga
Tulamugisha mwamasala |

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ILAM

Traditional work song to accompany threshing, with ululating in the background. ILAM field card number is unknown

Lugingisi Mwanazuthando (Performer)
Sukumu men (Performer)

 1950-00-00 Call and response | East African | Harvesting | ILAM | Lugingisi Mwanazuthando | Nyamwezi | Song | Sukuma | Sukumu | Tanganyika | Tanzania | threshing | traditional | Ululating | work
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