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Title Audio Collection Description Composersort icon Date All terms
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
Truruwoye |

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC57.

 1900-01-00 ILAM | Indigenous music | Rhodesia | Southern African | Vocal | Zimbabwe
Untitled |

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ILAM

Translated into English "You oh you on your return". Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC76.

 1900-01-00 ILAM | Indigenous music | Rhodesia | Southern African | Vocal | Zimbabwe
Ndipedza Kwangu | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2790.

African Dance Band of The Cold Storage (Performer)
August Maarurgwa (Leader)
Composer not specified

 1954-00-00 Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Msarurgwa,August | Rhodesia | Shona | Tsaba-tsebe Dance tunes | Zimbabwe
Kwapelani Makwedini | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2790.

African Dance Band of The Cold Storage (Performer)
August Maarurgwa (Leader)
Composer not specified

 1954-00-00 Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Msarurgwa,August | Rhodesia | Shona | Zimbabwe
Untitled |

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC45.

Composer not specified
Enock Mutawo (Performer)

 1900-01-00 Drum | Enock Mutawo | ILAM | Indigenous music | Ndebele | Northern Rhodesia | Rhodesia | Southern African | Zimbabwe | Zither
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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