 Her "Pata Pata" melody was based on an instrumental "Phatha Phatha" by Shumi Ntutu and Isaac Nkosi, which was in turn based on "Noma Kumnyama" by Alson Mkhize.The popular 1956 "Ei Yow Phata Phata" by Dorothy Masuka was distinctly different from Makeba's, but in later years, Masuka made her own recording of the version made popular by Makeba.Masuka claimed that she herself had written it.