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Title Audio Collection Descriptionsort icon Composer Date All terms
Chemirocha (III) | East African

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ILAM

A humorous song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre. The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god Pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers.
Details from ILAM field card number: D6L 22

 1950-09-15 Chepkongo bowl lyre | East African | Humorous | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kenya | Ketienya, Chemutoi | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | Song
Yowulamba | Southern African

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ILAM

Humorous song with rattles, Chipudane mouth bow and gourd blowing. Further details refer to ILAM field card G1A7

Sauti Natsemo (Composer/Performer)

 1954-06-06 bow | Chipudane | Gourd | Hlengwe | Humorous | ILAM | Mozambique | Panda | Portuguese East Africa | Rattle | Sauti Matseno | Song | Southern African | Tswa
Chingoma chakubaruka |

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ILAM

A humorous drinking song about the membrane of the drum breaking by accident. The song is accompanied by clapping. Refer ILAM field card F1G8

Reuben Tancard Mbuluwundi
Tumbuka and Henga men

 1952-01-16 broken | Clapping | drinking | Drum | Henga | Henga | Humorous | ILAM | Malawi | Mbuluwundi,Reuben Tancard | Nyasaland | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka
Garika Uchaziwona |

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ILAM

A humorous song of Sena, Portuguese East Africa origin with Bangwe accompaniment.

Meriki Fumbe

 1951-06-05 Bulawayo Location | Folk song | Humorous | ILAM | Indigenous music | Meriki Fumbe | Sena | Song | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | Zither
Sisu Gu | Southern African

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ILAM

Euro-African ballad. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0662.

W. M. Mseleku (Composer)
Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir (Performer)

 1900-01-00 Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir | Choral music | Euro-African | Humorous | Humorous folk dance | ILAM | KwaZulu-Natal | Mseleku,W.M. | Song | South Africa | Southern African | Zulu | Zululand
Kwahere naja Nyumbani |

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ILAM

Folk music - Humorous song with clapping and Nyamwezi men and women.
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3I10)

Idi Selemanu (Performer)

 1950-06-28 Clapping | Daressalaam | East African | Folk music | Humorous | Idi Selemani | ILAM | Indigenous music | Nyamwezi | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Lalua Deleva |

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ILAM

Folk music - Humorous song with clapping and Nyamwezi men and women.
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3I5)

Idi Selemani (Performer)

 1950-06-28 Clapping | Daressalaam | East African | Folk music | Humorous | Idi Selemani | ILAM | Indigenous music | Nyamwezi | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Mwanza |

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ILAM

Folk music - Humorous song with drum and Nyamwezi men and women.
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3I11)

Idi Selemani (Performer)

 1950-06-28 Daressalaam | Drum | East African | Folk music | Humorous | Idi Selemani | ILAM | Indigenous music | Nyamwezi | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Ngwidika sadanga wapamagulu |

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ILAM

Folk music - Humorous song with Ligombo tube Zither (6 Strings)
Further details refer ILAM field card (D2U9)

Pancras Mkwawa (Performer)
Anselm P. Mkwawa (Performer)
Mkwawa (Performer)

 1950-06-14 Anselm P. Mkwawa | East African | Folk music | Hehe | Humorous | ILAM | Indigenous music | Iringa | Ligombo | Mkwawa | Pancras Mkwawa | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania | Zither
Malikanile malanga |

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ILAM

Folk music - Unaccompanied humorous song with and Nyamwezi men and women.
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3I9)

Idi Selemani (Performer)

 1950-06-28 Daressalaam | East African | Folk music | Humorous | Idi Selemani | ILAM | Indigenous music | Nyamwezi | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania | Unaccompanied
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