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'''Ipi Tombi''' (also produced as '''Ipi N'tombi''', both corrupted transliterations of the [[Zulu]] ''iphi intombi'', or "where is the girl?") is a 1974 musical by [[South Africa]]n writers [[Bertha Egnos]] Godfrey and her daughter [[Gail Lakier]], telling the story of a young black man leaving his village and young wife to work in the mines of [[Johannesburg]]. The show, originally called ''The Warrior'', uses pastiches of a variety of South African indigenous musical styles. |
'''Ipi Tombi''' (also produced as '''Ipi N'tombi''', both corrupted transliterations of the [[Zulu language|Zulu]] ''iphi intombi'', or "where is the girl?") is a 1974 musical by [[South Africa]]n writers [[Bertha Egnos]] Godfrey and her daughter [[Gail Lakier]], telling the story of a young black man leaving his village and young wife to work in the mines of [[Johannesburg]]. The show, originally called ''The Warrior'', uses pastiches of a variety of South African indigenous musical styles. |
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The show, which starred [[Margaret Singana]], enjoyed success in South Africa, and toured Europe, the United States and Canada. It played in the [[West End theatre|West End]] at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the Harkness Theatre<ref>[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_i/ipi_tombi.htm Ipi Tombi at Guide to Musical Theatre]</ref>. |
The show, which starred [[Margaret Singana]], enjoyed success in South Africa, and toured Europe, the United States and Canada. It played in the [[West End theatre|West End]] at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the Harkness Theatre<ref>[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_i/ipi_tombi.htm Ipi Tombi at Guide to Musical Theatre]</ref>. |
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* The African Activist Archive Project website has a photograph of a January 12, 1977 [http://africanactivist.msu.edu/image.php?objectid=389 Ipi Tombi Protest] at the Harkness Theatre in New York. |
* The African Activist Archive Project website has a photograph of a January 12, 1977 [http://africanactivist.msu.edu/image.php?objectid=389 Ipi Tombi Protest] at the Harkness Theatre in New York. |
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Revision as of 23:40, 1 November 2010
| Ipi Tombi | |
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| Music | Bertha Egnos |
| Lyrics | Gail Lakier |
| Book | Bertha Egnos |
| Productions | 1974 Johannesburg 1977 Broadway |
Ipi Tombi (also produced as Ipi N'tombi, both corrupted transliterations of the Zulu iphi intombi, or "where is the girl?") is a 1974 musical by South African writers Bertha Egnos Godfrey and her daughter Gail Lakier, telling the story of a young black man leaving his village and young wife to work in the mines of Johannesburg. The show, originally called The Warrior, uses pastiches of a variety of South African indigenous musical styles.
The show, which starred Margaret Singana, enjoyed success in South Africa, and toured Europe, the United States and Canada. It played in the West End at Her Majesty's Theatre and on Broadway at the Harkness Theatre[1].
References
External links
- Ipi-Tombi at the Internet Broadway Database
- The African Activist Archive Project website has a photograph of a January 12, 1977 Ipi Tombi Protest at the Harkness Theatre in New York.
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