SINGER

Geoffrey Oryema

1953 - 2018

Photo of Geoffrey Oryema

Icon of person Geoffrey Oryema

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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Oryema is the 1,863rd most popular singer (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Singer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Geoffrey Oryema by language

Loading...

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 1,863 out of 4,381. Before him are Roger Pontare, Fredi, Marcelo Álvarez, Souad Massi, Attila Csihar, and Kirsty MacColl. After him are Gerard Joling, Komal Oli, Ray Gillen, Kim Se-jeong, Andrés Calamaro, and Jørn Lande.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 469. Before him are Lamberto Leoni, James Smith, Ellen S. Baker, Mehmed Uzun, Colin Hay, and Jay O. Sanders. After him are Ronald Worm, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Pavol Biroš, Ludo Peeters, Irene Rosenfeld, and Baaba Maal. Among people deceased in 2018, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 473. Before him are Sabit Hadžić, Wenceslao Padilla, Nikolai Pankin, Antonio Munguía, Carlo Vanzina, and John Perry Barlow. After him are Douglas Rain, Benny Andersen, Peter Sutherland, Momoko Sakura, Luisa Cuesta, and Hugh Wilson.

Others Born in 1953

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2018

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 17 out of 55. Before him are Scott Hicks (1953), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), Ruhakana Rugunda (1947), and Danny Faure (1962). After him are Joshua Cheptegei (1996), Bobi Wine (1982), Paulo Muwanga (1924), Florence Kasumba (1976), Robinah Nabbanja (1969), and Shekhar Mehta (1945).

Others born in Uganda

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SINGERS In Uganda

Among singers born in Uganda, Geoffrey Oryema ranks 1. 

Ugandan born Singers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous