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The contented Sylver Kyagulanyi

Sylver Kyagulanyi, the Shy Ugandan Music Doctor

Story by Steven Tendo
Published September 27, 2006

Sylver Kyagulanyi is everything that the typical Ugandan celebrity is not. He is not a pompous Smart Alec, drunk on fame and fortune. He is not a cynic who wants to see everything around him collapse in a heap because that’s the way life goes. Instead, writes STEVEN TENDO, Kyagulanyi is a study in meekness and modesty.

The song-writing genius is a small-bodied man who is unassuming in everything. He sticks to a programme and tries not to disappoint those who have to meet him. Since the year 2000, when lady fortune smiled on his work, any other artiste would have taken it for granted that they have arrived what with the rave reviews and the fan mail that pours in everyday.

nstead, Kyagulanyi has maintained his profile as a press-shy guy who is known for his work and not for off-stage shenanigans. Six years down the road and the Kyagulanyi roller coaster still moves, growing stronger and stronger. He is the real Ugandan doctor of the music world, the one everyone whose sales are dropping or whose creativity is waning, will be advised to run to to make things

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