Geoffrey Oryema (born 16 April 1953) is an internationally renowned Ugandan musician. In 1977, at the age of 24 and at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, after the death of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister, beginning a life in exile. Today his songs keep alive the languages of his youth - Swahili and Acholi and return to the lost country - the 'clear green land' of Uganda.
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In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
*Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
Obiga take me to a place
Where I can see light
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga take me home, take me home)
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
In this land of Anaka
We had hope in Obiga
In this land of Anaka
We had hope in Obiga
We had hopes, we had dreams
Of a clear green land
In place of the family house
Dead sand, dead sand
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga take me home)
Show me the way
Obiga is no more
We are left in disarray
(Obiga take me home)
The clan of Anaka, pillar
~
*obiga - 'meek and yielding' is one definition.
and also may be of a religious one, that by
speaking by the life, diving sufferings, teaching
and death of Jesus, Son of God, one will always have
infinite help and inspiration making retribution with glory.
Land of Anaka Trk 2
Geoffrey Oryema & Peter Gabriel
Album: Exile
Geoffrey Oryema - lead vocals
Peter Gabriel - backing vocals
Brian Eno - Yamaha DX7 and CS80, piano, vocals
Richard Evans - tin whistle.
Release date: June 29, 1992
Real World Studios, England (Womad production)
Transcriber: [email protected]
Booklet notes: Sung in Acoli and Swahili languages of
Geoffrey Oryema primarily spoken by the Acholi people
of the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader region in northern
Uganda (Acholiland). Swahili is a language of African (Bantu) origin.
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