A YIẸ OMO NA NO

"A Yiẹ Ọmọ Na Nọ" (The Child is Born) is a jubilant Christmas anthem composed by Onome Joseph Oghenejabor. Sung in Urhobo, the piece is a vibrant call to brethren ("Imoni mẹ") to gather, sing, and rejoice in the birth of the Savior. It captures the profound joy of the Nativity, specifically celebrating the child born of Mary in Bethlehem ("si Mẹri yẹ Bẹtlihẹmu").

The music is structured as a lively, rhythmic highlife chorus, marked *Vigoroso con vivace* and *Maestoso*. Choirs will find it perfect for Christmas Day Masses, carol services, or the Entrance and Recessional processions during the festive season. Its energetic call-and-response sections, layered with praises to the Father in heaven ("Osẹ v'obẹnu do!"), create an atmosphere of overwhelming thanksgiving.

What makes this piece so moving is its infectious, rhythmic drive and the sheer repetition of joyful exclamations ("Iye!", "Suile!", "Jiro!"). As the voices weave together in complex harmonies, the congregation is drawn into a communal celebration of God's greatest gift to humanity.