| Umqombothi | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Yvonne Chaka Chaka |
| Album: | Thank you Mr. DJ |
| Released: | 1988[1] |
| Recorded: | 1986[2] |
| Genre: | Afropop |
| Length: | 5:54 |
| Label: | Roy B. Records |
"Umqombothi" ("African Beer"; in Xhosa pronounced as /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]