Wolaytta hymnals

Be Osuwon Sebeyteys [I Give Praise for His Work]. No place and date indicated. [40 Christian songs in Wolaytta language]

  • Cf. E.P. Balisky, Wolaitta Evangelists, p. 158, n. 166:
    “A collection of nearly fifty early Wolaitta hynns, compiled by Lily Davison, Selma Bergsten, Markina Mäja, and others, is in my possession.”

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Galatay Xoossas [ጋለታይ ጦሰስ, Praise God (?)].

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Further study

Balisky, E. Paul. “African Indigenous Songs and Church Growth”. Paper in partial fulfillment of an M.A. at the Institute of Church Growth, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, 1972.

—. Wolaitta Evangelists: A Study of Religious Innovation in Southern Ethiopia, 1937‒1975 (American Society of Missiology Monograph Series 6). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009.
[See lyrics on pp. xviii, 111, 112, 136-39, 150, 154, 157-59, 312; Google Books]


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