I felt as if the war itself signified the wounds suffered by Christ on the Cross. I took refuge in an African home, in which the owner, a famous musician called Latigo Oteng, happened to be singing, accompanying himself on his seven-stringed Enanga harp. In the Crucifixus, the soprano soloist counterpoints Latigo's solo, like a duet. It is as if the Angel triumphantly stills the forces of nature and recounts the story of Christ crucified. The Rain Song is harmonised with instruments that conjure up an atmosphere of strife, with the war cries of South Sudan piercing through.
Electric guitars have important solos and represent an amplified extension of the African harp.
In a searing texture, menacing and dramatic, martial and warlike, they are driven on relentlessly towards the ultimate glory of resurrection and hope in the everlasting life. After the storm there is a moment of silence and the sun breaks through. For our sake, too, under Pontius Pilate, He was crucified, suffered death, and was buried. The third day He rose from the dead as the Scriptures foretold. He ascended to heaven, where He is seated at the right hand of the Father.