IPI-TOMBI

Composer: Bertha Egnos
Lyricist: Gail Lakier

Opened: November 19, 1975, Her Majesty's Theatre, London, transferred on March 16, 1977 to the Cambridge Theatre, transferred on December 6, 1978 to the Whitehall Theatre, and transferred on February 20, 1980 to the Astoria Theatre; January 12, 1977, Harkness Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 1879 (London); 39 (N.Y.C.)

Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the 1974 South African cast album are noted below.

Bafana Lusani (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Farfee (aka "Musicians") (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Festival Song (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Four Imported Porters (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Gospel (aka "Gospel Song") (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Hey Mama (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


I Believe (Song Of Hope) :

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


I'm Just A Woman (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Imyeneni (cut prior to the 1974 South African production):

1. The Warrior, Volt STS-5517 (Margaret Singana) [reissued as CD/Red Feather CDRED676]


Ipi Ntombi (Intro) :

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Love Eternally (aka "I Go in Search - Mdudu") (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Misunderstood (cut prior to the 1974 South African production):

1. The Warrior, Volt STS-5517 (Margaret Singana) [reissued as CD/Red Feather CDRED676]


The Numbers Game (added for the 1997 production):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Phata Phata (Touch Touch):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


They Took Her Away From The Land (cut prior to the 1974 South African production):

1. The Warrior, Volt STS-5517 (Margaret Singana) [reissued as CD/Red Feather CDRED676]


Tula Baba (Lullaby) (added for the 1997 production; subsequently used in UMOJA):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)
2. Umoja, CD/Sting Music STIFCD026 (2001 South African cast)


Wanuki (added for the 1997 production?):

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Xhosa Wedding Song :

1. Ipi Ntombi, CD/EMI South Africa CDVM 01 (1997 South African cast)


Unrecorded Material:

Going Home
Gum Boot Dance
Madiwa-Madiwa (Calling For Rain)
Mokhibo (The Sotho Girls Dance)
Ntaba Zenyuka (The Mountains Are High)
Oo-Le-Le (Men Always Sing About Girls)
Orgy, The Temptress
The Refuse Collector
Shamanile Shangaan (A Dance Of Happiness)
A Xhosa Proposition