Umqombothi (song)

"Umqombothi"
Single by Yvonne Chaka Chaka
from the album Thank you Mr. DJ
Released1988[1]
Recorded1986[2]
GenreAfropop
Length5:54
LabelRoy B. Records
Songwriter(s)Sello "Chicco" Twala and Attie van Wyk

"Umqombothi" ("African Beer"; Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩k͡ǃomboːtʰi]) is a song performed by South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka.[3][4] It was composed by Sello "Chicco" Twala and Attie van Wyk. Umqombothi, in Xhosa, is a beer commonly found in South Africa made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water.

Hotel Rwanda featured "Umqombothi" in the beginning of the film.[5]

  1. ^ "South African Music".
  2. ^ "When Umqombothi intoxicated Uganda". 11 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ Maako, Keitumetse. "Yvonne Chaka Chaka on receiving her third honorary doctorate: 'It says somebody is watching'". Life. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ Malema, Poelano. "Yvonne Chaka Chaka to receive Lifetime Award at the first Basadi Awards". East Coast Radio. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ^ Mboti, Nyasha (1 January 2012). "Song and genocide: Yvonne Chaka Chaka's 'Umqombothi' in Hotel Rwanda". Critical Arts.