South Africa: Shangaan

SOUNDS OF GLOBAL WORSHIP:
SOUTH AFRICA - SHANGAAN LANGUAGE

Heart Sounds International is privileged to have recorded five of the seven black languages of South Africa. This song is in Shangaan.

The Moshakga Christian Assembly regularly includes "items" in their worship services. In the United States we would call this "special" music. The women are offering this song as an item.

You will notice the occasional ululation, which is spontaneous praise accomplished through the use of the voice and tongue.

The song title and lyric are offered below.

I SIKULU
God Is Great

My God is great
He deserves to be praised.
I praise Him with singing.
I praise Him with clapping.
I praise Him with dancing.
My God is great.

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Music

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• sounds
• global
• worship
• indigenous
• south
• africa
• shangaan
• ethnomusicology
• ethnodoxology
• praise
• music
• song