Helena Shuuladu

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Helena Shuuladu
Born1925
Namibia
NationalityNamibian
CitizenshipNamibian
OccupationLyrist and composer

Helena Shuuladu (born 1925) was a choir leader.[1]

Career

She was one of the prominent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) lyricists and composer. Her songs were included in Ehangano hymal.

Contribution to the Namibian liberation Struggle

and most of them were derived from the current pressuring situations of their time especially the time of the Liberation struggle of Namibia, from experienced difficulties, from reasons for gladness, or from other things.[2] One of these lyrics is the famous hymn Tate Kalunga, Eh 655 by Shuuladu.[3][4][5]

Some of her songs were printed in the choral collection Teimbiitezimbuka, which was published by ELCIN's music office in 1993.[6][7]

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  2. Akrofi, Eric Ayisi; Smit, Maria; Thorsén, Stig-Magnus (2006-06-01). Music and Identity: Transformation and Negotiation. AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. ISBN 978-1-919980-85-0.
  3. "Véase K Dürckheim, Experiencia y transform ación Ed Sirio". 1library.co (in español). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  4. Löytty, Sakari (2012). People's Church – People's Music Contextualization of liturgical music in an African church (1st ed.).
  5. Evangelical Lutheran Church in SWA/Namibia (1987). EVANGELCAL LUTHERAN EHANGANO HYM BOOK (in Ndonga/Kwanyama and Rukwangali). Ondangwa: ELOC Press. ISBN 9780620094498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. Hellberg, Jan (December 2010). "To worship God in our way: disaffection and localisation in the music culture of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia". Journal of Musical Arts in Africa. 7 (1): 17–50. doi:10.2989/18121004.2010.575987. ISSN 1812-1004. S2CID 143872462.
  7. "A CREATIVE COLLISION? - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2022-12-28.