Ugandan Music Icon Geoffrey Oryema Cremated Amid Protests
A week after the popular singer Geoffrey Oryema died, there was controversy on how the musician should be buried, with his cultural customs custodians opposing to the idea of cremating - but his French spouse had the final say. Oryema has been battling cancer for a couple of years. He was the son of a Ugandan cabinet minister, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was murdered.
Geoffrey Oryema.
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Uganda:
Music Legend Oryema Dies at 65
Observer, 24 June 2018
A renowned Afro-pop-rock France-based Ugandan music legend Geoffrey Oryema is dead. News of his sudden demise trickled over the weekend through the social media and confirmed by a… Read more »