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Title Audio Collection Descriptionsort icon Composer Date All terms
You say you not want me again | West African

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ILAM

Calypso dance song performed by a small band of musicians

Calender (Performer)
Maringar Band (Performer)

 1958-00-00 Calendar | Call and response | Calypso | Creole | dance | Drum | Guitar | ILAM | Indigenous music | Man singing | Maringar Band | Popular music | Rhythmic beats on bottle | Sierra Leone | Song | West African
Likoko | Central African

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ILAM

Calypso dance song performed on various instruments. The voices sing repetitive chorus lines rather than long melody. Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1087

Bisha ya Lokele (Performer)
Kisangani (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1905-05-18 Bisha ya Lokele | Central African | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Drum | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kele | Kisangani | Topical song | Vocal
Ayilongo lokele | Southern African

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ILAM

Canoe paddling song with large slit drum. Further detail refer ILAM field card (F4L1)

Wagenya fishermen (Performer)

 1952-05-16 Belgian Congo | Canoe song | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Drum | Folk music | Genya | ILAM | Indigenous music | Paddling song | Republic of the Congo | Southern African | Stanleyville | Wagenya
Ngolo Alila | Southern African

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ILAM

Canoe paddling song with slit and conical drums. Further detail refer ILAM field card (F4L5)

Wagenya fishermen (Performer)

 1952-08-18 Belgian Congo | Canoe song | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Drum | Folk music | Genya | ILAM | Indigenous music | Paddling song | Republic of the Congo | Southern African | Stanleyville | Wagenya
Yarabba ssama |

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ILAM

Chant - Moslem religious chant (Kasida).
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3W3)

Watoto wa Madrasa El-Hasanain (Performer)

 1950-07-12 Arabic | chant | Daressalaam | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kasida | Religious music | Tambourine | Tanganyika | Tanzania | Traditional music | Watoto wa Madrasa el-Hasanain
Yarabba ssama |

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ILAM

Chant - Moslem religious chant (Kasida).
Further details refer ILAM field card (D3W3)

Watoto wa Madrasa El-Hasanain (Performer)

 1950-07-12 Arabic | chant | Daressalaam | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kasida | Religious music | Tambourine | Tanganyika | Tanzania | Traditional music | Watoto wa Madrasa el-Hasanain
Chemeliedo |

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ILAM

Chemelil dance music. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D6L30.

Teituk Arap Sumeiyot (Performer)

 1950-09-15 Dance song | East African | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kenya | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | Sumeiyot,Teituk Arap | Unaccompanied
Chemelil |

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ILAM

Chemelil dance song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card number D6L-14.

Teituk Arap Sumeiyot (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-09-15 Chemelil dance | Dance song | East African | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kenya | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | Kipsigis | One whistle | Sumeiyot,Teituk Arap
Chesinen |

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ILAM

Chesinen Dance Song for Men. Further details refer ILAM record field card number XYZ5554a

Elijah Rerimei (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-00-00 Chesinen Dance Song | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kenya | Rerimori,Elijah | Suk
Chibudu Movement | Southern African

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ILAM

Chibudu movement of a dance, accompanied by xylophones and whistles. Refer ILAM field card H1H9

Chopi players (Performer)

 1955-03-06 Chopi | Chopi | Dance music | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mozambique | Portuguese East Africa | South Africa | Southern African | Timbila | Transvaal | Whistle | Xylophone
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