Bernard Kyamanywa

KYAMANYWA, Bernard. b. Kagera Region, Tanganyika (now Tanzania); 10 May 1938. A teacher, Lutheran pastor, and hymnwriter, Kyamanywa studied to be a schoolteacher at Kigarama Teacher’s College (Bukoba, Tanzania) where he received his basic musical training. He continued his study at Lutheran Theological College (now Makumira University College) in Arusha (Diploma in Theology, 1968). He became known for his exceptional mastery of Hebrew, a skill that earned him the position as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) as a translator of the Bible into his first language, Haya. This experience also afforded him a six-month scholarship for Hebrew study in Israel...