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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Anamwang'anga |

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ILAM

The song is about servants being too afraid to disturb their king, the Kabaka. The song is accompanied by drums and flutes. Refer ILAM field card number D5W4

Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer)

 1950-08-31 Abalere ba Kabaka | Central African | Class status | Conical Drum | Cylindrical Drum | Drum | End blown - notched and open | Flute | Ganda | Household | ILAM | Ndere flute | Song | traditional | Uganda
Cakolwa wa bwalwa |

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ILAM

Dance song. General entertainment dance. Further deails refer to ILAM field card (C3T)

Kalateni Chilabisha

 1949-08-01 Cylindrical Drum | ILAM | Kalateni Chilabisha | Kaonde | Kaonde | Kitwe Town Compound | Luba | Northern Rhodesia | slit Drum | West African | Zimbabwe
Gongwa halina waume |

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ILAM

Hazwa sword dance music

Shaibu Hemed (Performer)

 1950-10-13 Arabic | Cylindrical Drum | Double headed laced Drum | East African | Hemed,Shaibu | ILAM | Kenya | Malindi | Swahili | Swahili
Hoe hoe |

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ILAM

Farewell song. Further details refer to ILAM field card D7N

Mwana Bibi (Composer)
Swahili women (Performer)

 1950-10-13 Clapping | Cylindrical Drum | East African | Folk music | ILAM | Kenya | Mwana Bibi | Swahili | Swahili
Hoe hoe |

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ILAM

Farewell song. Further details refer to ILAM field card D7N

Mwana Bibi (Composer)
Swahili women (Performer)

 1950-10-13 Clapping | Cylindrical Drum | East African | Folk music | ILAM | Kenya | Mwana Bibi | Swahili | Swahili
Hulula mtemi wiswe |

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ILAM

Hiyari ya moyo Dance Song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM shellac record TP1712

Hashimu Bin Kamala (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-00-00 Cylindrical Drum | East African | Folk music | Hashima Bin Kilamata | Hiyari ya moyo Dance Song | ILAM | Indigenous music | Lake Victoria | Nyamwezi | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Iyaze mwangu cata. Chipoya waya musali. |

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ILAM

Dance songs for Mutenya dance. Performed by men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Y)

Musumali Chinyama (Performer)

 1949-08-05 Clapping | Cylindrical Drum | goblet Drum | ILAM | Kitwe Town Compound | Luvale | Luvale | Musumali Chinyama | Northern Rhodesia | West African | Zimbabwe
Kambenja mulunda. Mutunda wame. |

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ILAM

Folk muic. Mulenja Dance Song for men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Y)

Musumali Chinyama (Performer)

 1949-08-05 Clapping | Cylindrical Drum | ILAM | Kitwe Town Compound | Likembe | Luvale | Musumali Chinyama | Northern Rhodesia | West African | Zimbabwe
Kikwabanga |

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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

Abalere ba Kabaka (Performer)

 1950-08-31 Abalere ba Kabaka | Central African | Conical Drum | Cylindrical Drum | Drum | End blown - Open | Flute | Ganda | Goats | Hand | ILAM | Ndere flute | Ridicule | Song | Stick | topical | traditional | Uganda
Koni kalelila aka tenga malito | Central African

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ILAM

Zomba dance song for young men and women. The translated title is "The bird cries for the pall bearers".

Edward Bwalya
Bemba young men

 1949-08-01 Bemba | Bemba | Bwalya,Edward | Central African | Cylindrical Drum | dance | death | Double headed and laced | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Traditional music | Zambia | Zomba
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