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Geoffrey Oryema Geoffrey Oryema

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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.

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Geoffrey Oryema — verified Korean artist. Agency: Real World Records.

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• Genre: world music, indie rock

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