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History and ministry
Najo [Qubee: Najjoo] aka Nejo is located in West Wollega Zone.
Rev. Martin (1898-1976) and Ingeborg (1898-1985) Nordfeldt were working as SEM missionaries in Nekemte and Nejo (about 100 km west of Nekemte) from 1924 to 1936.
1935: revised edition of Onesimos’ hymn book (inluding part of the liturgy since many churchgoers didn’t understand enough Amharic that time.
Revival during the Italian occupation (1935 – 1941/42).
SEM ran two pastoral training courses at Najjoo: 1949-1952 and 1955-1958 (instructors: Lundgren, Arén, Stjärne, et al.); see Magarsaa G., p. 24f
Other missionaries stationed at Najo who might have been interested in church music:
- Rev. Eskil Forslund (SEM; until 1969)
- Rev. Michael Schultheiß (GHM; 1990s)
Najo Mekane Yesus “A” Choir
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Unpublished songs
» Read manuscript of Najo Mekane Yesus Choir with 7 songs
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Further reading
Sources
Gamachu Danu (Rev.). Interviewed by Rev. Manfred Zach in 1973. Audio recording and German translation, 32 pages. [ELM Hermannsburg Archive, AE 2 – 2.302]
Nordfeldt, Manfred. Med vägröjare i Gallaland. Stockholm: EFS, 1934. [152 pp.; mainly about the pioneer time in 1927]
Literature
Arén, Gustav. Envoys of the Gospel in Ethiopia: In the Steps of the Evangelical Pioneers (Studia Missionalia Upsaliensia 75). Stockholm: EFS förlaget; Addis Ababa: [Ethiopian] Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, 1999. [On the beginnings, see p. 328-35; view online].
Magaarsaa Guutaa. From a Humble Beginning to Advanced Standing: A History of the Mekane Yesus Seminary [1960-2010]. Addis Ababa: Mekane Yesus Seminary, 2011. [View online at Concordia Sem.]
Nilsson, Marianne. Chapter 2 in forthcoming book on Ethiopian Gospel Music.
Online resource on local history
“Nejo“, in: Local History of Ethiopia, compiled by Bernhard Lindahl, 2005 (published on the website of The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala)