Album: Exile (Real World Gold) by Geoffrey Oryema
Genre: african

Artist Background: Geoffrey Oryema (16 April 1953 - 22 June 2018) was a Ugandan musician. In 1977 after the murder of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister in the government of Idi Amin, he began his life in exile. At the age of 24, and at the height of Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled out of the country in the trunk of a car. He sang in the languages of his youth, Swahili and Acholi, the languages of his lost country, the "clear green land" of Uganda, and he also sang in English and Fr... Part of the French music scene. Associated with World/Ethnic movement.

Music Scene: Part of the French music scene. Associated with World/Ethnic movement.

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Exile (Real World Gold)

Geoffrey Oryema

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