Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia

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Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia

Author: Bernard Kyamanywa; Translator: Howard S. Olson (1977)
Tune: MFURAHINI, HALELUYA
Published in 14 hymnals

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Author: Bernard Kyamanywa

“Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia” comes to us from African Lutheranism. Rev. Bernard Kyamanywa wrote the original Swahili text while he was in seminary in Tanzania. He wrote it in a very African style, envisioning a story-teller and congregation responding; the story- teller presents the simple story of the Easter Gospel, and the congregation responds with the refrain. (Although it can be sung in unison.) --stjohnschicago.org Go to person page >

Translator: Howard S. Olson

Howard Olson (b. 1922; d. 2010), longtime missionary/teacher in African, compiled a number of African songs in Set Free (Augsburg Fortress, 1993). Many were folk tunes to which Christian Swahili texts were later added. He wrote in the introduction: “In their original form these tunes wee sung with uninhibited improvisation. Consequently the form in which these songs appear in this book represents only one of several possibilities.” Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

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Related Texts

First Line:	Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia
Swahili Title:	Mfurahini, haleluya
Author:	Bernard Kyamanywa
Translator:	Howard S. Olson (1977)
Meter:	Irregular
Place of Origin:	Tanzania
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Let us sing praise to him with endless joy
Copyright:	Tr. © 1977 Augsburg Publishing House; © 1968 Lutheran Theological College, Makomira, Tanzania, admin. Augsburg Fortress