Umoja

The word Umoja comes from the Zulu language and it means the spirit of togetherness. Many of you may not know about this, but Umoja is one of the most successful South African broadways shows. Even though it is playing it has been moving all around the world ever since it started. The first time I got to see the spectacle was when I was 8 years old, and I've been in love with it ever since. The show is about the evolution of South African music and dance, one of my two most absolute favorite things. The show kicks off with scenes of the music from the natives of the country and moves on to the phase of city music incorporated a lot of instruments, it proceeded onto the different music that was made when the British invaded, then shifted to gospel music and it closes off the show with the music that is created by the youth of the early 2000’s. The way that each of these different periods in time, are portrayed are about 99.9% accurate. This is one of the reasons that Umoja is so successful. There about 50 cast members in this production and each of them are hi

ghly talented in whatever they do. Since the show requires you to sing, dance, and act, it was very hard for many of the people who audition make it. But for those who had they had to learn about 15 genres of dances to stay on the show.