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Halleluya

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Translator: Patrick Matsikenyiri

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Translator: Dan Damon

Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty… Go to person page >

Author: Dumisani Maraire

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Text Information

First Line: Ngarikudzwe zuva iro anomuka
Title: Halleluya
Original Language: Shona
Translator: Patrick Matsikenyiri
Translator: Dan Damon
Author: Dumisani Maraire
Place of Origin: Zimbabwe
Language: English; Shona
Refrain First Line: Halleluya, halleluya
Copyright: © Zimbabwe East Annual Conference; English tr. © 2004 Patrick Matsikenyiri and Dan Damon, admin. by the General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik

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