geoffrey oryema (16 april 1953 – 22 june 2018) was a ugandan-born french musician. oryema was born in soroti, uganda. he was smuggled out of the country and moved to france where his career would be based from. he sang in the languages of his youth, swahili and acholi, the languages of the lost country, the 'clear green land' of uganda, and he also sang in english and french.