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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Chirombo woye nditerere |

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ILAM

Self delectative song. Futher details refer ILAM fieldcard E2Y-1.

Mugadzikwa Mwanagona (Performer)

 1951-06-28 Folk music | Fort Victoria | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kalimba | Karanga | Mbira | Mugadzikwa Mwanagona | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe
Chitawala welo |

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ILAM

Topical song with Kangombio mbira. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3V4)

Longwani Nanjeko (Performer)

 1949-08-03 Folk music | Humorous | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kangombio | Kaonde | Longwani | Luba | Mbira | Nanjeko | Nkana | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Topical song | Zambia
Chitawala welo |

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ILAM

Humorous song with Kangombio mbira. Composer not specified. Further details refer ILAM record number AC0828-b1163

Nanjeko, N. (Performer)

 1949-00-00 Central African | Humorous | ILAM | Kangombio | Lozi | Mbira | Nanjeko,N. | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Zambia
Chitewetewe noNgoma | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3468.

Chopi Ngodo Dancers (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1954-00-00 Chopi | Chopi Ngodo | Drum | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Mozambique | Portuguese East Africa | Southern African
Chiyabula | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3966

 1957-00-00 Belgian Congo | Central African | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Flute | ILAM | Indigenous music | Luba | Mbira | Republic of the Congo | Self-delectative song
Chokera | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0912

Chikwama (Performer)
Chikwama (Composer)

 1956-00-00 Chikwakwa | Chikwama | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Vocal | Zezuru | Zimbabwe
Choli |

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ILAM

Topical story song with Likembe (Mbira). Further details refer ILAM field card (D5S6)

Bachumirwa Tugwenderwa(Composer/Performer)

 1950-08-27 Bunyoro | East African | ILAM | Likembe | Mbira | Nyoro | Topical song | Tugwenderwa,Bachumirwa | Uganda
Choli | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR1947.

Bachumirwa Tugwenderwa (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1952-00-00 East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Likembe | Masindi | Mbira | Nyoro | Topical song | Tugwenderwa,Bachumirwa | Uganda
Choma kumai | Central African

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ILAM

Maringa dance song accompanied by Chisanhi mbira, rattles, a singing gourd, and beating on a bottle with a stick. Refer ILAM field card F1V1

Lulua soldiers (Performer)
Lulua women (Performer)

 1952-02-06 Belgian Congo | Bottle | Central African | Congo | Dance song | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Folk music | Gourd | ILAM | Indigenous music | Luba | Lulua | Lulua | Maringa | Mbira | Rattle
Chomutengure |

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ILAM

Step dance song with mbira and drum
Refer ILAM field card AQ15

Zezuru men

 1948-04-30 dance | Drum | ILAM | Mbira | Song | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | step | Zezuro | Zezuru | Zimbabwe
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