Bring back old local worship songs - Evangelist Yidana

Evangelist Solomon Yidana, a preacher of the gospel through his artistic and rhythmic skills, is championing the course of making old northern regional songs well-patronised in Ghana and beyond.

He aims to transcend the old northern songs to the current generation because the lyrics in the songs easily connect people to God.

In an interview with journalist Nii Arday Ankrah, Evangelist Solomon Yidana revealed that the local worship songs simply speak to a worshipper in his own dialect as compared to the foreign songs where one may even find it difficult to understand the exact lyrics.

He indicated that when the Assemblies of God Missionaries came to Ghana, they helped in converting the local gospels into hymnals which made it easy for public to understand.

The first black principal of the Assemblies of God Bible School, Rev. P.D Yamusah ensured that these converted hymnals were sung by the training pastors.

“Our local songs carry a strong weight in meaning and one could derive a verse in the bible out of a short song”, the Evangelist said.

Despite the existence of northern gospel music, the Evangelist lamented that, it was important to revisit the lyrics in the music which is discerning to the inner-spirit.