Umqombothi (song)

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"Umqombothi"
Single by Yvonne Chaka Chaka
from the album
Released1988
Recorded1988
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. 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.

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