You Searched For Ancient Hymn Track A By Adaobi Ikeh Highlifeng ~upd~ Now

But when you finally hear that lone alto hum and that gentle Highlife guitar… you’ll understand why the search was worth it.

The lyrics of “Ancient Hymn (Track A)” are drawn from a composite of two hymns: “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” (Psalm 23 paraphrased by Henry Baker, 1868) and an anonymous Igbo hymn collected by early missionaries titled “Nna anyị nke elu igwe” (Our Father in Heaven). Ikeh intersperses these verses with original spoken-word testimony in Pidgin English: But when you finally hear that lone alto

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