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Traditional Music- East Africa

  • Writer: adam kadishman shakine
    adam kadishman shakine
  • Jul 30
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jul 31

east Africa


alan lommax-

-world library of folk and primitive music: british east Africa (album)


-masaai people of east Africa -rhythm of the maasai (album)


nonesuch album:

-east Africa ceremonial & folk music


taarab:

Ikwhani Safaa Musical Club

Culture Musical Club

Siti bint Saad

Bi Kidude

Mzee Yusuph

Culture Musical Club

Al-Watan Musical Club

Black Star Musical Club

East African Melody 

Matano juma & morning star orchestra

Zuhura Swaleh & musical party

ali mkali & mvita orchestra

Zein L. Abdin Ahmed & musical party

maulidi musical party

Yaseen Mohamed & musical party

bin brek

kithara (rajab suleiman)


kenya


Smithsonian folkways albums:


-music of the waswahili of lamu, kenya:

vol.1:maulidi

vol.2:other sacred music

vol.3: secular music

-music of juria and the fusii of westerm kenya

-David Nzomo: African Rhythms: Songs from Kenya

-David Nzomo: Work and Dance Songs from Kenya

-Gospel Songs from Kenya: Kikamba Hymns


Tanzania


musicians:

atomic jazz band (haj juma and Julius kiluwa)

jamhuri jazz band

nuta jazz band

Morogoro jazz band

salum abdalla

orchestra maquis original

mlimani park orchestra

marijani rajabu & dar international

mbaraka mwinshehe


Uganda


Smithsonian folkways albums:

-abayudaya: music from the jewish people of Uganda


Ugandan popular traditional folk music/the kampala sound:

bill mbowa

kawaliwa & mary

the AGS boys

Frida Sonko

Charles sonko

equator sound

moses katazza

eli Wamala

fred masaazi

king jazz d'equateur

orch. melo success

Freddie kigozi & the hodi boys


Rwanda


Madagascar


Smithsonian folkways albums:


Madagascar: land of the betsimisaraka

artists included:

ensemble from the village of orimbato

beranger

jassay

mamindrazana

tombo Daniel and family

constance telolahy 

paul bert and son


-Madagascar: spirit music from the tamatave region

artists included:

very soa

magnampy soa

tompezolo

avisoa

famboara

solo

velontsoro

zoembala

ron emoff jily

jean dedier

tsiariagna

theodore

rabody Thierry

lepity

roger jean louis and family


reunion 

Mayola music


Mauritius 

sega music


the Comoro islands

-music of the Comoro islands: domani


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