Angela Kalule
{{short description|Ugandan musician and radio presenter (born 1977)}}
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Angela Kalule is a Ugandan musician and radio presenter.[http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/507/684378 "Angella back with 'Kakondo'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615064403/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/507/684378 |date=2009-06-15 }} newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 10 January 2015[https://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24242:angela-kalule-wows-guests-at-sheraton "Angela Kalule wows guests at Sheraton"] observer.ug. Retrieved 10 January 2015. She won 'Song of the year' and 'Best Live Band Single' in the 2011 Pearl of Africa Music Awards.[http://hipipo.com/pamawards/ "PAM Awards 2011 Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717042319/http://hipipo.com/pamawards/ |date=2019-07-17 }} hipipo.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018
Biography
Angela Kalule was born on 18 February 1977 in Kampala, Uganda. She went to Aga Khan nursery in Nairobi, Nakasero SS from 1992 to 1993 and Mengo Senior School.[https://www.howwe.biz/AngelaKalule/biography "Artist biography"] howwe.biz. Retrieved 10 August 2018 She holds a bachelor's degree in information management.[http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/Angela-Kalule-True-love-came-calling-just-as-I-was/689842-3073734-yovr6m/index.html "Angela Kalule: True love came calling just as I was giving up"] monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 10 August 2018
She started singing in school and joined the music industry in 1997 as a backup vocalist for Kato Lubwama's Diamonds Ensemble group. It is there that she released Akamuli. In 2006, she released a six-track solo album, with two songs in English and four in Luganda. She sings in her own band called K’angie.[https://bayimbafestival.com/angela-kalule/ "Angela Kalule"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717042318/https://bayimbafestival.com/angela-kalule/ |date=2019-07-17 }} bayimbafestival.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018
Discography
=Songs=
- "Kankwekumire"
- "Katikitiki"
- "Kantuntunu"
- "Highway"
- "olimi Ssukkali"
=Albums=
- Dark Chocolate
- Kakondo
Awards and recognition
- Song of the year in the Pearl of Africa Music Awards 2011 for "Katikitiki"[https://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=19993:artistes-cash-in-as-companies-rush-for-their-chartbusters "Artistes cash in as companies rush for their chartbusters" July 24, 2012] observer.ug. Retrieved 10 August 2018
- Best live band single in the Pearl of Africa Music Awards 2011 for "Katikitiki"
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Category:Musicians from Kampala