1922 - 2010 Person Name: Howard S. Olson, 1922-2010 Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Christian Life, Discipleship; Commissioning; Discipleship; Call of God; Invitation To Christian discipleship/live in Christ; Salvation Translator of "Listen, God Is Calling " in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Howard Olson (b. 1922; d. 2010), longtime missionary/teacher in African, compiled a number of African songs in Set Free (Augsburg Fortress, 1993). Many were folk tunes to which Christian Swahili texts were later added. He wrote in the introduction: “In their original form these tunes wee sung with uninhibited improvisation. Consequently the form in which these songs appear in this book represents only one of several possibilities.”
Sing! A New Creation
Howard S. Olson