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Matsaire | East African

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ILAM

Topical song with guitar. Feliciano's pronunciation of Ndau words, they say, is like a child's speech. "Matsaire, you have finished all the people." Matsaire was killed in a certain village, and his ghost came back demanding recompense, under pain of death to all the village. Details from ILAM field card (H1P-10, 11 - 25).

 1955-08-10 Chibuto district | East African | Gomez o Feliciano, Muntano | Guitar | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mozambique | Ndau | Portuguese East Africa | Sul do Save Province | Topical song
Muchongolo (Part I) | Southern African

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ILAM

Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.
The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)

 1955-11-06 Clapper | Dance music | Danda | Drum | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mozambique | Mpanda | Mpege district | Ndau | Ndau | Pedro Simau Balani | Portuguese East Africa | Southern African
Muchongolo (Part II) | Southern African

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ILAM

Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.
The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)

 1955-11-06 Clappe | Dance music | Danda | Drum | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mozambique | Mpanda | Mpege district | Muchongolo | Ndau | Ndau | Pedro Simau Balani | Portuguese East Africa | Southern African | Tumbling
WaNambo | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4271-5

Composer not specified
Tongany ana Onelio Kowano (Performer)

 1955-11-10 Dance song | East African | Guitar | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mozambique | Ndau | Portuguese East Africa | Tonganyanga Orelio Kowano | Topical song
Sisi woeri hai | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-1

Composer not specified
Simon Sitole (Performer)

 1957-01-03 Dance song | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Mozambique | Ndau | Portuguese East Africa | Simon Sitole | Topical song | Zandamela village
Ndinochema amasebe | Central African

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ILAM

Topical song with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator. "See I am crying, mother-in-law.
Poverty, elder brother, alack.
See, Sophiatown is bad, Patisoni
In my distress I think of home
Happiness to you all at Marange."
The singer sings about the conditions in which he finds himself at Sophiatown, near Johannesburg, where he works as a carpenter's assistant. His home, Marange is in the Chipinga District of Southern Rhodesia, about 400 miles north east of Johannesburg.
Details from ILAM record number TP4272-2

 1957-01-03 Central African | Chipinga district | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mount Selinda | Ndau | Rhodesia | Simon Mafiru Sitole | Southern Rhodesia | Topical song | Zimbabwe
Ruwe-ruwe | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-3

Composer not specified
Simon Sitole (Performer)

 1957-01-03 Central African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Ndau | Rhodesia | Simon Sitole | Southern Rhodesia | Topical song | Zimbabwe
Neuwe Unonyanya | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-4

Composer not specified
Simon Sitole (Performer)

 1957-01-03 Central African | Dance song | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Ndau | Rhodesia | Simon Sitole | Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe
Heat Mwanawe | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-5

Composer not specified
Simon Sitole (Performer)

 1957-01-03 Central African | Dance song | ILAM | Indigenous music | Ndau | Rhodesia | Simon Sitole | Southern Rhodesia | Topical song | Zimbabwe
Hiyo woye, Busai-we | Central African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4272-6

Composer not specified
Simon Sitole (Performer)

 1957-01-03 Central African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Mbira | Ndau | Rhodesia | Simon Sitole | Southern Rhodesia | Topical song | Zimbabwe
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