Word: tshabalala
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shubert Alley than to the tribal life and customs of the Zulus. The story line is simplicity itself. A young man (Daniel Pule) who lives in the village of Tsomo is drawn to the big city (presumably Johannesburg) in the hope of earning more money for his wife (Linda Tshabalala) and family. He finds urban life unappetizing and dehumanizing and returns to his hometown. That a simple, unspoiled child of nature can be corrupted by urban industrial life is a longstanding cliché of Western civilization. The simplicity best comes to life in Ipi-Tombi in the dances that illustrate...
...lead drummer (Junior Tshabalala) plays with galvanic fervor and propels the best number in the show, a warrior dance into a Dionysian frenzy. The cast appears to be having the best time of its urban life. It's a pity the pickets cannot see the show. T.E.K...