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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Chalo cithu canangika nati |

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ILAM

Unaccompanied topical song. Translated English title - "Our country is stricken." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5J23)

Robati Thindwa (Performer)

 1949-09-12 Henga | ILAM | Malawi | Nyasaland | Southern African | Thindwa,Robati | Tumbuka | Tumbuka
Changa |

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ILAM

Topical song with young Tonga boys. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2E11 / D2E12)

Nyirenda, A. (Performer)
Alfred Nyirenda (Performer)

 1950-05-29 Chinteche | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Malawi | Nkata Bay | Nyasaland | Nyirenda,Alfred | Southern African | Tonga | Tonga | Topical song | Unaccompanied
Changa |

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM field card number: D2E-12

Alfred Nyirenda (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-05-29 East African | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Malawi | Nyasaland | Nyirenda,Alfred | Southern African | Story Song | Tonga | Tonga | Unaccompanied
Chauta daine |

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ILAM

Dance song for Masewela dance for men and women with Bangwe (Zither). Translated English title - "God should hate me, not my friend." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5B2)

Makwinya, N. (Performer)
Nalundo Makwinya (Performer)

 1949-09-04 Bangwe | Board zither | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Makwinya,Nalundo | Malawi | Nyanja | Nyasaland | Pangwe | Salima | Southern African | Zither
Che Bula |

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ILAM

Song performed by young women accompanied by the pounding of a mortar and pestle. The song has hocketing effects. ILAM field card number is unknown

Maini Nakwenda (Composer/Performer)
Belifa Nyabande (Performer)
Young women (Performer)

 1950-00-00 Chewa | Hocketing | ILAM | Makwenda,Mani | Malawi | Mortar and pestle | Nyabanda,Balifa | Nyanja | Nyasaland | Song | Southern African | Young women
Che bula |

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ILAM

Pounding song. Further details ILAM shellac record number TP2769.

Mani Makwenda (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-00-00 Chewa | ILAM | Indigenous music | Makwenda,Mani | Malawi | Morter | Nyabanda,Balifa | Nyanja | Nyasaland | pestle | Southern African
Che Kambua | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0980

Ntondwe Brothers (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1923-00-00 East African | Guitar | ILAM | Malawi | Ntondwe Brothers | Nyanja | Nyasaland | Popular music | Southern African | Vocal
che Meri | Southern African

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ILAM

Love song with guitar. Composer unspecified. Further details refer ILAM record AC0882.

Enoch Evani (Performer)
Evani, E. (Performer)

 1952-00-00 Evani,Enoch | Guitar | ILAM | Love song | Malawi | Nyanja | Nyasaland | Southern African
Che mwali kola ntabanga |

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ILAM

Love song with Bangwe board zither. Translated English title - "The young miss loves many men." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5J17a)

Phiri, D. (Performer)
Dinala Phiri (Performer)

 1949-09-12 Bangwe | Board zither | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Love song | Malawi | Nyasaland | Phiri,Dinala | Southern African | Yao | Zither | Zomba
Che Mwalimu |

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ILAM

Drinking song with Bangwe board zither. Translated English title - "The guilty minister."

Uladi Kachkoka (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1949-08-14 Bangwe | Board zither | Drinking song | Folk music | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kachoka,Uladi | Malawi | Nyasaland | Southern African | Yao | Zither
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