Geoffrey Oryema ndi woyimba komanso woyimba waku Uganda. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa oimira akuluakulu a chikhalidwe cha ku Africa. Nyimbo za Jeffrey zili ndi mphamvu zodabwitsa. Poyankhulana, Oryema adati:
“Nyimbo ndiye chidwi changa chachikulu. Ndili ndi chikhumbo chachikulu chogawana luso langa ndi anthu. Pali mitu yambiri yosiyana m'mayendedwe anga, ndipo yonse ikugwirizana ndi momwe dziko lathu likukulira ... "
Ubwana ndi unyamata
Woimbayo amachokera ku Soroti (kumadzulo kwa Uganda). Zinachitika kuti analibe njira zina kuposa momwe angakulitsire luso lake la kulenga. Anabadwira m'banja la oimba, olemba ndakatulo ndi olemba nkhani.
Amayi ake adatsogolera kampani ya ballet The Heartbeat of Africa. Geoffrey anali ndi mwayi woyenda pafupifupi dziko lonse lapansi ndi gululo. Mkulu wa banjali anali wandale. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi udindo waukulu, anathera nthawi yambiri akulera mwana wake. Anamuphunzitsa kuimba nanga, kora wakumeneko wa zingwe 7.
Pofika zaka 11, Jeffrey ankatha kuimba zida zingapo zoimbira. Pafupifupi msinkhu womwewo, iye anapeka nyimbo yake yoyamba. Muunyamata, Oryema anaganiza za ntchito yomwe akufuna kuidziwa m'tsogolomu. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 70, adalowa mu academy ya zisudzo ku Kampala. Mnyamata wakuda adasankha yekha dipatimenti yochita masewerawa. Kenako adakhala woyambitsa gulu la zisudzo Theatre Ltd. Posakhalitsa Oryema analemba sewero loyamba la brainchild.
M'ntchitoyi, adagwirizanitsa mwaluso miyambo ya nyimbo za ku Africa ndi machitidwe amakono a zisudzo. Sewerolo linali lodzaza ndi nyimbo zamitundu. Kusakaniza zikhalidwe za diametrical ndiko kuyesa koyamba kopambana kwa Jeffrey. Iye anali chiyambi cha ntchito kulenga Oryema.
Panthawiyo, zinthu zandale ku Uganda zinali zovuta. Mu 1962 dzikoli linalandira ufulu wodzilamulira. Mkhalidwe wa Jeffrey unakulanso chifukwa chakuti mu 1977 bambo ake anamwalira pa ngozi ya galimoto.
Geoffrey anaganiza zochoka m’dzikoli. Anasamukira ku France, komwe kunakhala nyumba yake yachiwiri. Oriem anasankha bwino. Ndiye pafupifupi nyenyezi zonse zapamwamba zamakampani oimba zojambulidwa mdziko muno.
Njira yolenga ya Geoffrey Oryema
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 80, wotsogolera zaluso wa WOMAD adayitana Geoffrey kuti atenge nawo mbali mu imodzi mwa makonsati a gulu la Britain. Kenako analandira chopempha kuchokera kwa Petro Gabrieli. Anakhala mbali ya Real World label.
Mu 1990, woyimba wakuda LP adayambanso. Zoperekazo zinkatchedwa Kuthamangitsidwa. Nyimboyi idapangidwa ndi Brian Eno. M’chaka chomwecho, sewero linachitika pa konsati yoteteza Nelson Mandela pa Wembley Stadium. Mbiriyi idafalikira ndikupangitsa kuti Geoffrey asamve kutchuka.
Chochititsa chidwi n’chakuti ali pasiteji ankaimba nyimbo m’Chiswahili ndi Chiacholi. Compositions Land of Anaka ndi Makambo akali amaganiziridwa kuti ndi zidziwitso za nyimbo za Geoffrey Oryema.
Pakutchuka kwake, akupereka Beat the Border LP kwa mafani a ntchito yake. Dziwani kuti chimbale analowa pamwamba khumi njanji pa Billboard World Music Tchati.
Nyimbo yotchuka Geoffrey Oryema
Chapakati pa 90s, chinanso XNUMX% chinayamba. Tikulankhula za track Bye Bye Lady Dame. Dziwani kuti adalemba nyimboyi pamodzi ndi Mfalansa Alain Souchon. Zachilendozi zinalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi okonda nyimbo ndi otsutsa ovomerezeka a nyimbo.
Imodzi mwamayendedwe ake Lé Yé Yé imakhala nyimbo yayikulu pagulu la Le Cercle de Minuit. Nthawi yomweyo, amapanga nyimbo zotsagana ndi filimu ya Un Indien Dans La Ville.
Ndiye chiyambi cha kutenga nawo mbali mu zikondwerero zotchuka za nyimbo zinayamba. Kuchita nawo zikondwerero kumachulukitsa kupambana kwa Jeffrey, ndipo amakondweretsa mafani ake ndi kutulutsidwa kwa zolemba zina ziwiri. Tikulankhula za masewero aatali a Mzimu ndi Mawu.
Iye mobwerezabwereza anapita Russian Federation. Mu 2006, woimba wakuda adawonekera pa chikondwerero chodziwika bwino cha "Golden Mask". Inakhala pafupifupi chochitika chachikulu cha chochitikacho. Mu 2007, Jeffrey adakhala mtsogoleri wamkulu pamwambo wapadziko lonse wa Sayan Ring. Nthawi yomweyo anauza mmodzi mwa atolankhani kuti:
"Kupitilira zomwe ndapanga ndiye cholinga changa chachikulu. Kukhala wojambula ndizofunika kwambiri kwanga. Ndimafufuza dziko lomwe lili pakati pa mizu ndi nyimbo zamakono. Ndimachitcha kufunafuna chowonadi cha nyimbo. Choonadi changa...
Masters at Work (Piri Wango Iya - Rise Ashen's Morning Come Mix) ndi nyimbo zaposachedwa kwambiri zomwe zidalowa mu discography ya oyimbayo.
Tsatanetsatane wa moyo wa wojambula
Pafupifupi palibe chomwe chimadziwika pa moyo wa Jeffrey. Sanakonde kufalitsa za banja. Amadziwika kuti ovomerezeka mkazi Oryem amatchedwa Regina. Okwatiranawo analera ana atatu.
Zaka zomaliza za moyo wa Geoffrey Oryema
M'zaka zaposachedwapa, wojambulayo watenga vuto la asilikali a ana. Anagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti abweretse mtendere kumpoto kwa Uganda. Mu 2017, adabwerera kudziko lakwawo kukachita nawo konsati yopambana patatha zaka 40 atachoka.
Geoffrey adalankhula ndi boma komanso akuluakulu. Pa siteji ya mzinda wake, ntchito yake La Lettre inamveka, yomwe inapempha onse omwe akulimbana nawo kuti azikhala patebulo lokambirana ndikupeza mtendere.
“Kubwerera kwathu posachedwa kwakhala kodzaza ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana. Misozi, chisoni ndi chidani zinamveka m’mutu mwanga. Zonse zili ngati zaka 40 zapitazo ... "
Pa June 22, 2018, anamwalira. Kwa zaka zingapo ankalimbana ndi khansa. Achibale anayesa kubisa mfundo yolimbana ndi Jeffrey ndi oncology, ndipo pambuyo pa imfa yake adalankhula zomwe Oryema anakumana nazo m'zaka zomaliza za moyo wake.
