This is either the high or low point in the musical, depending on your religious sensibilities. They express their anger through “Hasa Diga Eebowai,” which translates to something not printable here. The song suggests the Ugandans believe in God and implies they hold God responsible for their miserable lot in life. Raise your middle finger to the sky, and curse his rotten name! When the world is getting you down, there’s nobody else to blame! There’s war, poverty, famine … but having a saying makes it all seem better It’s the only way to get through all these troubled times. In this part of Africa, we all have a saying - whenever something bad happens, we just throw our hands up to the sky and say, “Hasa Diga Eebowai!” The missionaries learn a popular song of the Ugandans: The backdrop for the musical is a remote village in Uganda where most of the villagers have AIDS, and two young Mormon missionaries have been sent to proselytize this primitive people. The musical The Book of Mormon is also, theologically, brutally honest. Neither Smith nor his religion deserve anything less than contempt and ridicule, given the historical record and obviously fanciful tale. The musical mocks this story, rightfully and brutally.
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