Southern Sudan
January 25, 2011
In the summer of 2006, I spent a couple of months in Lokichoggio, Kenya, teaching pastors and elders, mainly from Southern Sudan. While I was there, I recorded a number of songs, sung by students in their own languages. This one is sung by Peter Gatwiech and James Wany, and it's called "God Has Saved Southern Sudan."
Southern Sudan has recently held a referendum to become an independent nation, and according to the accounts I've seen, the results have been overwhelmingly in favour of Southern Sudan (which is largely Christian) becoming independent from the largely Muslim north.
I thought posting this song would be an appropriate tribute to events in Sudan at this time. Please remember our Sudanese brothers and sisters in your prayers!
Southern Sudan has recently held a referendum to become an independent nation, and according to the accounts I've seen, the results have been overwhelmingly in favour of Southern Sudan (which is largely Christian) becoming independent from the largely Muslim north.
I thought posting this song would be an appropriate tribute to events in Sudan at this time. Please remember our Sudanese brothers and sisters in your prayers!
Stuart says:
January 25, 2011 @ 19:07 — Reply
Oh, this brings me back, getting this music from you in our heady seminary days. I should dig it up off my external hard drive and listen to it again! Thanks, Jim, and I am keeping an eye (whenever I can spare it) on developments in Southern Sudan...
Anonymous says:
January 26, 2011 @ 06:16 — Reply
Is that a tribal language or Juba Arabic?
Sonia Petersen says:
January 27, 2011 @ 20:07 — Reply
It doesn't seem to have a hint of Arabic to it :-)