Given that this weekend's service at Christ's Church will include a commissioning for those traveling to Namibia next week, we're going to sing an African worship song that we learned back in 2006 called "Bayete." The phrase in this song "Bayete 'Nkosi" is Zulu (language from Zambia actually, not Namibia) and it means "Exalted King." This is apparently the highest form of respect given, a royal salute. This of course is the title given Jesus. Check out this choir from Zambia singing to the King of Kings. Surprise people on Sunday when you already know this one before I teach it to the rest of the congregation :)
Who can know Your power
Who can search Your riches
Who can deny You are crowned Lord of All
You are crowned King of Africa
You are crowned Lord of all
You are crowned King of Africa
Who can deny You are crowned Lord of All
Bayete, Bayete `Nkosi
Bayete King of Kings
Bayete, Bayete `Nkosi
Bayete `Nkosi, King
King of Kings
4 comments:
I am officially so stinkin excited!!! I love that song! I actually had to team teach for part of a project at school once, and we did Namibia, and we taught the kids that song.
I loved the video too, one of my favorite parts (aside from the obvious) was how whoever was filming get zooming in on what I would assume to be their grandfather or father. It was so sweet.
I cannot believe we are leaving in 4 days!
that would be "kept"
I hope that the more adventurous Christ's Church folks will practice that rock-back-and-forth step, too. Bayete NKosi!
Zulu is actually South African not Zambian or Namibian. As mentioned, the song is from Shaka the Zulu. But Zulu is a part of a group of languages spoken throughout central and Southern Africa. Same group as Swahili - the Bantu language. That is where the Linux Distro "Ubuntu" is derived from
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