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Geoffrey Oryema, Brian Eno Peter Gabriel (rare video) Geoffrey Oryema is a Ugandan now living in France. He was forced to flee Uganda after his father (a cabinet minister) was murdered by the armed forces of dictator Idi Amin in 1977. When he moved to France in the 80 s, his love of music and his persistence in his art earned him a deal with Real World. He was paired off with Brian Eno. The album is largely in Geoffrey s native languages of Swahili and Acoli (pronounced Acholi, and it s acholi quite an i