History Revived In The Spirit Of Umoja

JOHANNESBURG: The African Umoja Spirit of Togetherness Show held during the just ended World Cup in South Africa turned out to be a favourite with tourists and journalists alike. And for good reason.

The Umoja show is one of the most elaborate, detailed and honest shows ever made about the history of black people in South Africa.

Umoja tells the story of Indigenous South African music right up to the modern Kwaito. During the two hour show, narrated by Penuel Bhekezitha Ndaba, the cast wears clothes collaborating with the times; from the traditional skin hide clothing to the jazz times of Sophia town, the gumboot dancing, the times of the mapantsulas and tsotsi's, the African attire fabrics up to the modern mini skirts and stilettos.

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