Hakuna Wakaita sa Jesu (There's No One in This World Like Jesus)

Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu (There's no one in this world like Jesus)

Translator (English): Patrick Matsikenyiri; Translator (English): Dan Damon
Tune: HAKUNA WAKAITA
Published in 3 hymnals

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Translator (English): Patrick Matsikenyiri

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Translator (English): Dan Damon

Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu (There's no one in this world like Jesus)
Title: Hakuna Wakaita sa Jesu (There's No One in This World Like Jesus)
Shona Title: Hakuna Wakaita sa Jesu
Translator (English): Patrick Matsikenyiri
Translator (English): Dan Damon
Meter: Irregular
Source: Traditional Shona, Zimbabwe
Place of Origin: Zimbabwe
Language: English; Shona
Notes: Zulu translation: "Akekho ofana no Jesu"
Copyright: Trans. © 2006 Abingdon Press, admin. by The Copyright Co.

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Voices Together #68

Njalo #12

Worship and Song #3036

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