Ipi Tombi

Ipi Tombi

Infobox Musical
name= Ipi Tombi


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music= Bertha Egnos
lyrics= Gail Lakier
book= Bertha Egnos
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productions= 1974 Johannesburg
1977 Broadway
awards=

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 and the United States.

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