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("Umoja" - Swahili word for "Unity"). A play by [[Todd Twala]] and [[Thembi Nyandeni]]. A musical celebration of South African song and dance, from tribal music, gumboot dancing and Sophiatown jazz, to Gospel Kwaito and Pantsula. A cast of 40 singers, dancers, drummers and marimba players. It first opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic]]??** in 2001??*, then at London’s [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on November 12, 2001 after its successful run in South Africa. Returned to play in South Africa during  2005-6.  
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("Umoja" is the Swahili word for "Unity"). A play by [[Todd Twala]] and [[Thembi Nyandeni]]. A musical celebration of South African song and dance, from tribal music, gumboot dancing and Sophiatown jazz, to Gospel Kwaito and Pantsula. A cast of 40 singers, dancers, drummers and marimba players. It first opened at the [[Johannesburg Civic]]??** in 2001??*, then at London’s [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on November 12, 2001 after its successful run in South Africa. Returned to play in South Africa during  2005-6.  
  
 
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Revision as of 06:29, 26 January 2015

("Umoja" is the Swahili word for "Unity"). A play by Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni. A musical celebration of South African song and dance, from tribal music, gumboot dancing and Sophiatown jazz, to Gospel Kwaito and Pantsula. A cast of 40 singers, dancers, drummers and marimba players. It first opened at the Johannesburg Civic??** in 2001??*, then at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on November 12, 2001 after its successful run in South Africa. Returned to play in South Africa during 2005-6.

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