Suzan Kerunen

Suzan Kerunen (yazaalibwa mu 1979) Munnayuganda omuyimbi era omuwandiisi w'ennyi ayimba ennyimba z'omu kiseera kino mu lulimi lwa Uganda oluyitibwa Alur-Jonam (olulimi lwe) wamu n'Olungereza, Swahili n'ennimi endala ez'omu nsi. Y'omu ku abo abaasemba okuweebwa ekirabo kya Kora Award emirundi ebiri eyavuganya ne Michaih Behaylu, Astar and Bluz ne Kenyan Wahu era n'awangula ekirabo kya PAM Award. Yalondebwa ng'omubaka w'eggwanga lya Uganda ow'eby'obulambuzi okutumbula eby'obulambuze eby'obuwangwa. Kerunen abadde ayimba n'abayimbi b'omu Afirika omuli Suzanna Owíyo ow'e Kenya, Yvonne Chaka Chaka ow'e South Africa, ASA n'abayimba abalala ab'ebweru w'eggwanga ku KORA ALL AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS mu Benin, Mama Africa Miriam Makeba, Oliver Mutukudzi, Third World, Kinobe Herbert ng'ayambibwako Soul Beat Africa ku The International Jazz Festival.

Kerunen yatandika omulimu gwe ng'akyali muwala muto ne baganda be ababiri mu kibinja ky'abawala ekiyitibwa Soul of Africa. Oluvannyuma yatandika omulimu gwe ng'ali yekka n'ekitabo kye ekisooka NIMEFIKA, ekigambo ky'Oluswayiri ekitegeeza nti "Nze nzize".

Kerunen era azannyidde mu mizannyo emikulu omuli -The International Bayimba Festival mu Uganda, Tusker Experience" ku Silk liquid mu Bugolobi. Y'omu ku bakulembeze b'omukolo gwa Pearl Rhythm Festival ne World Music Day mu Uganda. Mu 2009, Kerunen yazannyira ku mukolo gwa CHOGM mu United Kingdom ne Trinidad ne Tobago, Blankets and Wine wamu ne Eric Wainaina, Radio and Weasel ne Janziband.

Ekivvulu kya Pimar Crossing Cultures Concert, 2017

Mu Noovemba 2017, Suzan yakola omuzannyo oguyitibwa Pimar Crossing Cultures ogwali mu Sheraton Kampala Hotel. Yayimba ennyimba ze empya n'enkadde omuli Umbikulumbi, Faithfull, Echuli chuli, Minkulu, Tuk tuk and Tegiri, Olobo, Lek, Anyira, Hakuna, Pimar, Ugorunan, Acher Achera n'endala. Omuzannyo gwali gwa kukuza emyaka kkumi gye yamala ng'aweereza mu by'okuyimba n'okukuuma ebifaananyi by'obuwangwa, engero, obugambo n'ennyimba. Abayimbi abalala nga Afrie, Ssewa Ssewa, Amaru ne Giovanni Kiyingi nabo baayimba.

Wiiki ya Ongea ey'okuyimba

Suzan yazannyira ku, ONGEA! nga luno lukuŋŋaana lwa nnyimba olw'omu buvanjuba bwa Afirika mu Nairobi nga 28 JOgwolubereberye 2016 ng'ali ne Likizo, Sauti Academy, Wanny Angerer, Parking Lot Grass, Mswazzi, H_Art the Band ne Jay A

Know Your Culture Foundation

Kerunene yawandiisa KNOW YOUR CULTURE FOUNDATION ng'alina ekigendererwa n'endowooza y'okuteeka akabonero Uganda, ekitongole ekikola okunoonyereza, okutendeka n'okulongoosa abantu b'omu Uganda abamanyi obuwangwa era n'okutumbula eby'obulambuzi ng'ekyuma eky'okukulaakulanya Uganda.

Power of Hope Camp 2006, Kampala

Suzan yakozesa ennyimba mu ngeri y'obujjanjabi n'okufumiitiriza okuyambako okudda emabega mu kiseera kya Power of Hope Camp; Kampala 2006 n'omutwe omukulu "Okuzimba Ekibiina ky'Obulamu Obulungi n'Obuyinza" ogwakolebwa okugonjoola ebimu ku bizibu abavubuka bye baayolekagana nabyo mu ddwaliro lya Mulago Hospital mu PIDC.

Heart sounds in Uganda "Enkuba Yomutima"2008

Kikolebwa mu Bungereza n'okukyalira eddwaliro mu Hackney London nga kikyalidde Uganda mu Ssebutemba wa 2008 okutumbula embeera y'obulamu bw'obwongo mu Uganda, pulojekiti eno yayongera okutumbula okumanya ku bizibu by'obwongo bw'abantu mu kitundu, okukendeeza ku kunyoomebwa n'okusosolwa, n'okuwa amaanyi abalwadde b'obwongo nga bayamba n'okulongoosa obujjanjabi bw'obuntu mu mawanga gombi.

Okulwanyisa Kookolo

Mu 2012, Kerunen yakolera wamu ne Rotary of Uganda ku album ye eyokusatu, eyafunamu ssente zaagenda mu ddwaliro lya St Raphael of St Francis, Nsambya Mission Hospital eryali lyetaaga okumalirizibwa gye yayita abawanguzi abalala aba Kora Award nga Jackie Chandiru ne Benon okuzannya. Kikulu gye tuli okugatta obuyambi bwaffe n'okufuba okulongoosa obujjanjabi obuweebwa abalwadde ba kkansa mu Uganda yonna kubanga bukosa bamaama baffe, bataata, baganda baffe, bannyinaffe ne mikwano gyaffe.

• OSister Charity
• Giovanni Kiyingi
• Milege
• Haka Mukiga