Reviewed by Tony May

Lynn's a South African working under the multi-national Youth With A Mission, Amsterdam umbrella. The tape's colourful cover indicates the African flavour of the contents and the credits promise the Love Africa Choir and a cluster of African musicians. Let drooling commence! Pretty powerful stuff really, kicking off with "Come Manifest Your Power" which is exactly as you would expect, a rousing battle cry anthem, complete with prayer and scripture. Side 1 continues in well crafted, contemporary songs with punchy performance. Side 2 starts with "Traditional African Medley" featuring the wonderful choir pounding out joyous, invigorating rhythms. "Prayer For Africa" really cranks up the power before everything calms down for the lovely ballad "I Will Bow Down". So, a mixture of styles resulting in an absorbing tape. Now, a full album by that choir, that would really be something special.

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