Malipenga

Malipenga is an African dance music of the Tonga people of Malawi.

[1] The dance was originated in imitations of military drills[2] when they fought alongside the British Army in World War I.

[3] Malipenga is common in the central and northern regions of Malawi, as in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia with slight modifications.

Its origins are linked to the system of military parades introduced by the British officers of the King's African Rifles that fought against the Germans.

[7] After the end of the war, the veterans that returned home adopted British military and administration terminology and formed "governments" called "bomas" in the form of a Malipenga dance movement, with a strong influence of military parades and bands.