Tributes flow in for Oryema, dead at 65

Geoffrey Oryema performing at the Geoffrey Oryema Home Coming Concert in Kampala on December 17, 2016. He died in France on June 22 at the age of 65. FILE PHOTO | NATION

Musicians from around the world led by Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Bob Ezrin and executives of the Real World Records have paid tribute to Uganda-born musician Geoffrey Oryema, who died in France on June 22 at the age of 65.

Oryema, Uganda’s greatest music export had lived in France for nearly four decades.