Wana Baraka (Traditional Kenyan)- Arranged by Shawn Kirchner (ACSI Asia Honor Choir Festival 2010)

Wana Baraka is a popular Kenyan religious song. The arranger learned the song through a delegation of Kenyans who participated in the 1994 Agricultural Missions International Consultation in Sogakope, Ghana.

Translation for this piece

Wana Baraka wale waombao
The have blessings, those who pray;

Yesu mwenyewe alisema. Alleluya!
Jesus himself said so. Alleluia

Wana amani
They have peace

Wana furaha
They have joy

Wana uzima
They have life/ They have well-being.


Students from ICS, Morrison Academy in Taiwan, Faith Academy in Philippines and also Shenyang International School in China got together for 3days and rehearse this song to perform this piece. Conducted by Mr. Timothy Sawyer.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wana Baraka
• Gospel Music

[musiekish]

Percussion is excellent, however, the sound of the choir is drowned. A pity that the choir cannot sing this work without books!

[blueisawesome1292]

wana fu ra ha wana fu ra ha yesu yesu a lisema

[letayote]

What?. Wazungu wanaimba kwa Kiswahili!. Amazing! Ajabu hio!.

[TheRentFan]

I love this song so much! My church choir is rehearsing it now for a festival, and we're so excited for it! It's a song that you really have to be on your game for, since all the parts blend into each other. If you get off for even a measure, you're pretty much screwed.

Great execution!!

[TheMikomania]

Non-Kenyans singing Swahili so fluently and even playing African percussions!! Beautiful!!

[evasoy29]

Good job! Always nice to see non-Kenyans singing African song.... love it!

[OfficerNelson]

I was curious as to why the ending to this piece (which is different from the original) was so familiar - as it turns out, I attended the Southern California ACSI Musicale just this last weekend (which included Wana, Let Everything, Ukranian Alleluia, and Speak O Lord, among others) and Tim Sawyer was the conductor there as well. He's really a fantastic person with an appropriate sense of humor and amazing talent... plus the ending was fantastic with 800 singers!

[idaho2111]

i know :(

[cc3469]

they missed the first part...