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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Hee Lawe lugano hiaa |

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ILAM

Initiation song for girls accompanied by clapping
Refer ILAM field card D2U1

Maria Semuyala
Hehe women

 1950-06-14 Clapping | East African | girls | Hehe | Hehe | ILAM | initiation | Semuyala,Maria | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Hee! Lawelugano hiaa |

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ILAM

Initiation song for girls accompanied by clapping
Refer ILAM field card D2U1

Maria Semuyala
Hehe women

 1950-06-14 Clapping | East African | girls | Hehe | Hehe | ILAM | initiation | Semuyala,Maria | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Ikulangamilaga kwilunde | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1587.

Mikengemalo Chaba (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1952-00-00 East African | Guma | ILAM | initiation | Mikengemalo Chaba | Mwanza | Nyamwezi | Song | Sukuma | Sukuma | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Ikulanzamilaga kwilunde |

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ILAM

Unaccompanied Guma initiation song. ILAM field card number is unknown

Mikengemalo Chaba (Performer)
Sukumu men (Performer)

 1950-00-00 East African | Guma | ILAM | initiation | Mikengemalo Chaba | Nyamwezi | Rite of passage | Song | Sukuma | Sukumu | Tanganyika | Tanzania | traditional | Unaccompanied
Ikulanzamilaga kwilunde |

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ILAM

Unaccompanied Guma initiation song. ILAM field card number is unknown

Mikengemalo Chaba (Performer)
Sukumu men (Performer)

 1950-00-00 East African | Guma | ILAM | initiation | Mikengemalo Chaba | Nyamwezi | Rite of passage | Song | Sukuma | Sukumu | Tanganyika | Tanzania | traditional | Unaccompanied
Kansangala kaluka mapelele |

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ILAM

Girls' initiation song accompanied by 2 drums and a slit goblet drum
Refer ILAM field card C3H11

Luunda women

 1949-07-20 Drum | girls | goblet | ILAM | initiation | Luunda | Luunda | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Zambia
Losa lelo wowo ino ngoma |

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ILAM

Showongo dance song for men and women, accompanied by conical and goblet drums. Also used for girls initiation ceremony. Refer ILAM field card C4HI2

Noah Laisi
Kaonde men and women at Broken Hill Mine

 1949-08-16 Broken Hill Mine | dance | Drum | girls | ILAM | initiation | Kaonde | Kaonde | Laisi,Noah | Luba | men | Northern Rhodesia | Showongo | Song | Southern African | women | Zambia
Lukhano Lunarula |

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ILAM

Imbalu dance performed when boys are being circumcised. The other dance is called Waboya. Refer ILAM field card number D6B5

Wamimbi Magombe (Performer)
Gishu men (Performer)

 1950-09-05 Central African | circumcision | dance | European whistle | Gishu | Gishu | ILAM | Imbalu | initiation | Mungiri leg bells | open horn | Rite of passage | Side blown | Uganda | Waboya | Wamimbi Magombe
Mzelelo wangu isawo kololeta nini |

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ILAM

Initiation song for boys and girls, accompanied by Ndwala bells
Refer ILAM field card D2X3

Nyinamwaluko
Gogo men and women

 1950-06-17 boys | East African | girls | Gogo | Gogo | ILAM | initiation | Nyinamwaluku | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania
Mzelelo wanja tsawu kohotela |

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ILAM

Initiation song for girls and boys, accompanied by Ndwala bells. ILAM field card number is unknown

Nyhomwanili (Performer)
Gogo men and women (Performer)

 1950-00-00 Boys and girls | East African | Gogo | Gogo | ILAM | initiation | Ndwala bells | Nyhomwanili | Rites of passage | Song | Tanganyika | Tanzania | traditional
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