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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Untitled | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP4335

 1900-01-00 Central African | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Song | Southern African | Vocals | Whistling
Untitled | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP4364

Chopi performers (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1900-01-00 Chopi | Chopi | Dance music | East African | Gourd Rattle | Horn | ILAM | Indigenous music | Marimba | Mozambique | Portuguese East Africa | Southern African | Timbila | Whistling | Xylophone
Wenyuk'umbombela |

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ILAM

Further Details refer to ILAM record TP3522

Snowy Radebe and Company (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1905-05-01 Ciskei | Clapping | Dance song | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Indigenous music | Snowy Radebe | Snowy Radebe and Company | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Wedding song | Whistling | Xhosa
Whistling language |

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ILAM

Whistling sounds which resemble the tones of the language. Each whistling sound is followed by a translation in the local language. Refer ILAM field card unknown.

Muyapi Mutenra (Performer)

 1951-00-00 ILAM | Manyika | Muyapi Mutenra | Southern African | Translations | Whistling | Zimbabwe
Whistling language |

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ILAM

Whistling sounds which resemble the tones of the language. Each whistling sound is followed by a translation in the local language. Refer ILAM field card unknown.

Muyapi Mutenra (Performer)

 1951-00-00 ILAM | Manyika | Muyapi Mutenra | Southern African | Southern Rhodesia | Translations | Whistling | Zimbabwe
Zulu Dance song | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3917

Zulu people (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1939-07-00 Clapping | Dance song | ILAM | Indigenous music | KwaZulu-Natal | Mhlolutini | Natal | South Africa | Southern African | Whistling | Zulu | Zulu | Zululand
Zumani mwaya | East African

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ILAM

A Msego mourning dance song with Kayamba raft rattles, a gourd horn and whistling. This Msego dance started with the sound of the horn, followed by the leader of the group who sings the first verse. This is repeated by the dancers whistling the melody twice over after which the dance proper begins with rattles. Details from ILAM field card D7N - 7 & 8

 1950-00-00 Chandaruwa Waya | East African | Folk music | Ginyama | Giryama | Gourd horn | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kayamba raft rattle | Kenya | Malindi district | Nika | Whistling
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