UGeoffrey Oryema ungumculi nomculi wase-Uganda. Lona omunye wabameleli abakhulu bamasiko ase-Afrika. Umculo kaJeffrey unikezwe amandla amangalisayo. Engxoxweni, u-Oryema uthe:
“Umculo yiwona engiwuthanda kakhulu. Nginesifiso esikhulu sokwabelana ngobuhlakani bami nomphakathi. Kunetimu eziningi ezahlukene kumathrekhi ami, futhi zonke zihambisana nendlela umhlaba wethu othuthuka ngayo ... "
Ubuntwana nobusha
Lo mculi udabuka eSoroti (engxenyeni esentshonalanga ye-Uganda). Kwenzeka ukuthi wayengenazo ezinye izinketho ngaphandle kokuthi angathuthukisa kanjani amandla akhe okudala. Wazalelwa emndenini wabaculi, izimbongi nabaxoxi bezindaba.
Umama wakhe uqondise inkampani ye-ballet iThe Heartbeat of Africa. UGeoffrey waba nenhlanhla yokuhamba cishe umhlaba wonke neqembu. Inhloko yomndeni yayingusopolitiki. Naphezu kwesikhundla esibucayi, wachitha isikhathi esiningi ekhulisa indodana yakhe. Wamfundisa ukudlala i- nanga, ikora yendawo enezintambo ezingu-7.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, uJeffrey wayesekwazi ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo eziningana. Cishe eminyakeni efanayo, waqamba ingoma yakhe yokuqala. Ebusheni, u-Oryema wanquma umsebenzi afuna ukuwufunda esikhathini esizayo. Ekuqaleni kwawo-70s, wangena esikoleni semidlalo yaseshashalazini eKampala. Umfo omnyama wazikhethela yena umnyango obambile. Wabe eseba umsunguli weqembu laseshashalazini iTheatre Ltd. Ngokushesha u-Oryema wabhala umdlalo wokuqala we-brainchild.
Emsebenzini, wahlanganisa ngobuchule amasiko omculo ase-Afrika kanye nezitayela zesimanje zaseshashalazini. Umdlalo wawugcwele umculo wesizwe. Ukuxuba amasiko e-diametrical kuwukuhlola kokuqala kukaJeffrey okuyimpumelelo. Waphawula ukuqala komsebenzi wokudala we-Oryema.
Ngaleso sikhathi, isimo sezombangazwe e-Uganda sasisenzima. Ngo-1962 izwe lathola inkululeko. Isimo sikaJeffrey saba sibi nakakhulu ukuthi ngo-1977 uyise washona engozini yemoto.
UGeoffrey wenza isinqumo sokulishiya izwe. Wathuthela eFrance, okwaba ikhaya lakhe lesibili. U-Oriem wenze ukukhetha okufanele. Bese cishe zonke izihlabani zomculo eziqoshwe kuleli.
Indlela yokudala kaGeoffrey Oryema
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-80s, umqondisi wezobuciko we-WOMAD wamema uGeoffrey ukuthi abambe iqhaza kwelinye lamakhonsathi eqembu laseBrithani. Wabe esethola isipho esivela kuPetru Gabriel. Waba yingxenye yelebula le-Real World.
Ngo-1990, i-LP yomculi omnyama yaqala ukuboniswa. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi Ukudingiswa. Irekhodi lakhiqizwa uBrian Eno. Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwadlalwa ekhonsathini yokuvikela uNelson Mandela eWembley Stadium. Leli rekhodi lasabalala futhi laletha ukuduma kukaGeoffrey.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi esiteji, wacula izingoma ngesiSwahili nesi-Acholi. Izingoma ezithi Land of Anaka kanye noMakambo zisathathwa njengezimpawu zomculo kaGeoffrey Oryema.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, wethula iBeat the Border LP kubalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe. Qaphela ukuthi idiski ifake amathrekhi ayishumi aphezulu Eshadini Lomculo Lomhlaba WeBillboard.
Ingoma edumile uGeoffrey Oryema
Maphakathi nawo-90s, enye ingoma engu-XNUMX% yadlalwa okokuqala. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Bye Bye Lady Dame. Qaphela ukuthi uqophe ukwakheka kanye nomFulentshi u-Alain Souchon. Le noveli yamukelwe ngemfudumalo abathandi bomculo nabagxeki bomculo abanegunya.
Elinye lamaculo akhe elithi Lé Yé Yé liba yitimu enkulu yohlelo lokulinganisa i-Le Cercle de Minuit. Ngasikhathi sinye, wenza ukuhambisana komculo kwefilimu i-Un Indien Dans La Ville.
Kwabe sekuqala ukuhlanganyela emikhosini yomculo edumile. Ukubamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni kwandisa impumelelo kaJeffrey, futhi ujabulisa abalandeli bakhe ngokukhululwa kwamanye amarekhodi amabili. Sikhuluma ngemidlalo emide yoMoya naMazwi.
Wavakashela kaningi eRussian Federation. Ngo-2006, umculi omnyama uvele emcimbini odumile we-Golden Mask Theatre. Kwacishe kwaba umcimbi omkhulu kulo mcimbi. Ngo-2007, uJeffrey waba ngumphathi omkhulu we-Sayan Ring international festival. Ngaso leso sikhathi, watshela enye yezintatheli lokhu okulandelayo:
“Ukudlulela ngale kwezinhlelo zami inhloso yami enkulu. Ukuba yiciko kuyinto ehamba phambili kimi. Ngihlola umhlaba ophakathi kwezimpande nomculo wesimanje. Ngikubiza ngokufuna iqiniso lomculo. Iqiniso lami...
I-Masters at Work (Piri Wango Iya - Rise Ashen's Morning Come Mix) iqoqo lakamuva lama-remix angena ku-discography yomculi Irekhodi lomculi wase-Uganda lamukelwe ngemfudumalo izethameli zakhe.
Imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu yeciko
Cishe akukho lutho olwaziwayo ngempilo yomuntu siqu kaJeffrey. Akathandanga ukusabalala ngomndeni. Kuyaziwa ukuthi unkosikazi osemthethweni Oryem wayebizwa ngokuthi Regina. Umbhangqwana oshadile wakhulisa izingane ezintathu.
Iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kukaGeoffrey Oryema
Eminyakeni yamuva, lo mculi uye wabhekana nenkinga yezingane ezingamasosha. Wasebenza kanzima ukuze alethe ukuthula eNyakatho ye-Uganda. Ngo-2017, wabuyela ezweni lakubo ekhonsathini yokunqoba eminyakeni engama-40 ngemuva kokuhamba kwakhe.
UGeoffrey ukhulume nohulumeni nezikhulu. Esiteji sedolobha lakubo, kwazwakala umsebenzi wakhe othi La Lettre, owabiza zonke izinhlangothi ezingqubuzanayo ukuba zihlale etafuleni lezingxoxo futhi zithole ukuthula.
“Ukubuya kwami ekhaya muva nje bekugcwele imizwa exubile. Izinyembezi, usizi nenzondo kwananela ekhanda lami. Konke kufana neminyaka engama-40 edlule ... "
NgoJuni 22, 2018, washona. Iminyaka eminingana elwa nomdlavuza. Izihlobo zazama ukufihla iqiniso lomzabalazo kaJeffrey nge-oncology, futhi ngemva kokufa kwakhe bakhuluma ngalokho u-Oryema abhekana nakho eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe.
