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 French. Oryema earned his international reputation on the release of his second album, Beat the Border. He had collaborated with Peter Gabriel and others. Gabriel's record label, Real World, helped with the first three of Oryema's albums, before his move to Sony International, a label established in France, where Oryema had lived since his exile. (Wikipedia)
"Productie van Rupert Hine. Verfrissende afro-gitaarpop, soms funky swingend als Manu DiBango, ook ontroerend, dromerig, mystiek. Hij schittert met z'n karakteristieke kameleonstem: soms hoog als een koorknaap, dan weer donker." (DvdB, Oor)
Afwisselende worldpop. Afrikaanse en westerse elementen zijn gemengd zoals bijv. op Peter Gabriël's US, al zijn de arrangementen hier meestal meer open en ademend. Zijn stem heeft vele kleuren, van kwinkelerende falset tot PG-achtig schor.
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