Reflections On Ipi Ntombi

Part I of Essay
The play Ipi Ntombi portrays the classic theme of tradition versus modernization. Act one portrays a very traditional Zulu tribe. While men and women danced, wearing grass skirts, beads, shells, and animal hides, native drums kept the beat alive. The people danced with g ....

Part II of Essay
.... jazzy tunes. The instruments included horns, woodwinds, and other modern musical instruments. The paved road and closed space of the modern city is very different from the open tropical forests of the Zulu tribe. The start of the their act is in the city’s church. The young man’s father, the tribe leader, has decided that his son is now allowed to have a wedding in the city. In the church, it looks like the modern and traditional cultures are merged together. There is both gospel singing and traditional dancing; modern jazz tunes and ....