Geoffrey Oryema
Geoffrey Oryema was an iconic singer from Uganda who fled Idi Amin's brutal
regime in 1977 when he was just 24 and, based in France, became an
internationally famous performer acclaimed for singing in Swahili, Acholi,
English and French languages. He died from cancer in June 2018 and received
accolades from around the world.
Born in eastern Uganda, he learned to play traditional music as a child and
toured the nation with the national dance company led by his mother. He started
to write songs and had taken an interest in drama when his politician father was
murdered and he w...
