Ipi n' Tombia

Ipi n' Tombia - My Girl (1972)
A African dance troupe and singers that toured Europe in the 1970's. Although the dancing and singing was aimed at markets abroad, the gun or wellie boot dancing I particularly love.

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.