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Titlesort icon Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Zipina i Bees | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0840

Imvumi Zesizwe (Performer)
The National Singers (Performer)
Molefe, B. (Composer)

 1955-00-00 Cape | Ciskei | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Imvumi Zesizwe | Molefe,B. | Piano | Popular music | South Africa | Southern African | The National Singers | Topical song | Transkei | Vocal | Xhosa
Zibomvana Ziyaluma | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1020

Manxele Qwabe & her cruel witchdoctors
Manxele Qwabe(Composer)

 1905-05-13 Ceskei | Clapping | Drum | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Indigenous music | Manxele Qwabe | Manxele Qwabe & her cruel witchdoctors | Pondo | Pondolond | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Vocal | Xhosa
Zibomvana Ziyaluma | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1020

Manxele Qwabe & her cruel witchdoctors
Manxele Qwabe(Composer)

 1905-05-13 Ceskei | Clapping | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Indigenous music | Manxele Qwabe | Manxele Qwabe & her cruel witchdoctors | Pondo | Pondolond | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Vocal | Xhosa
Yesu! Wena Umgumhlobo | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0841

Imvumi Zesizwe (Performer)
The National Singers (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1955-00-00 Cape | Christian hymn | Ciskei | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Imvumi Zesizwe | Organ | Religious music | South Africa | Southern African | The National Singers | Transkei | Vocal | Xhosa
Yazula inkabi endala | Southern African

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ILAM

Translated English title - "now he's afriad of the older men." Further details refer ILAM field card number: L1K 12

Xhosa men (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1957-05-10 Ciskei | Clapping | Eastern Cape | Fighting song | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Ngaika | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Xhosa | Xhosa
Yama khwenkwe imbayizelo |

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM reel number: BC79.

Hugh Tracey (Narrator)

 1900-01-00 Dance song | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | South Africa | Southern African | Tracey, Hugh | Transkei | Xhosa
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
Wemba umlungu welizwe | Southern African

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ILAM

Translated English title - "Now the white man has taken our country away from us." Further details refer ILAM field card number: L1K 6

Xhosa women (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1957-05-10 Ciskei | Clapping | Eastern Cape | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Lament | Ngaika | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Vocals | Xhosa | Xhosa
Walilela imango ingasiyo yako | Southern African

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ILAM

Translated English title - "You are very envious of someone else's hair." Further details refer ILAM field card number: L1K 2

Annie Macholweni (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1957-05-10 bow | Ciskei | Eastern Cape | Folk music | Hadi bow | ILAM | Indigenous music | Macholweni,Annie | Ngaika | Self-delectative song | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Vocals | Xhosa
Walabalaba | Southern African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1220

Lu Myalo and his concertina (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1905-05-04 Cape | Ceskei | concertina | Eastern Cape | ILAM | Indigenous music | Lu Myalo | South Africa | Southern African | Transkei | Unaccompanied | Vocal | Xhosa
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