Jackie Akello

Jackie Akello
Born Uganda
Residence Kampala, Uganda
Occupation Singer/Songwriter, Fashionista[1]
Website akellomusic.com
Musical career
Genres
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts

Jackie Akello is a Uganda singer/songwriter contemporary and urban music performer who sings in several languages like Acholi, Luganda, Swahili and English[2][3]. She is known for her hit love ballard Amari, a gospel hit Samanya with Levixone and a war themed pop hit Apwoyo. Akello is an Acholi woman from northern Uganda and most of her songs like Apwoyo talk about the suffering of the Acholi both during and after the Lord’s Resistance Army war that left Acholis out of their homes for a long time[4].

Career

Jackie joined a number of live performing bands before going solo. She was a member of Janzi, The Sundowners and then her own Amari Band. She worked with Levixone on their hit gospel single Samanya. She also worked with other musicians such as Kaweesa, Suzan Kerunen, Myko Ouma, Tshila and Kinobe Herbert.

She worked as a backup singer for Lilian Mbabazi on songs like Vitamin. Jackie took on an acting role in Maurice Kirya’s Busaballa video as Proscovia [5].

She has performed on live stages including World Music Day 2014 and 2017 in Kampala, Blankets and Wine festival[6], Bayimba festival and so many other private and public events even toured France.

Jackie worked on song titled Black Yellow Red, an all-star project with artist like Cindy, Irene Ntale, Michael Ross, Viboyo, Nick Nola and many others. She also collaborated with Mun*G and T-Bro on a song Ffena awamu. She also went international where she participated in the Singing wells projects/Abubilla Music based in the U.K in which she got to work with different artists from East Africa[7][8].

The singer entertained guests Forest Whitaker during his Ugandan visit to champion peace and development initiatives through young people[9].

Confusion with Look alike

Jackie has a striking resemblance to Kenyan and Oscar award winner Lupita Nyongo. During shooting of the Queen of Katwe film, most people and journalists that met or saw a photo of Jackie thought it was Lupita since everyone knew she was the country shooting the movie. The circus started when Jackie's photo was published on Maurice Kirya's facebook page to promote a music video for the song Busabala in which Jackie acted, which raised a lot of attention to the singer[10][11].

Discography

Albums

Songs

References

  1. ↑ "Akello speaks Music and Fashion". The Sunrise. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Jackie Akello". Bayimba. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Jackie Akello". Music in Africa.
  4. ↑ "Akello: From war came music of hope". The East African. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Unveiling Jackie Akello". The Sunrise. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Songstress Jackie Akello Opens Up Ahead Of Blankets And Wine". Chano8. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Meet Jackie Akello, One of the Performers at Blankets & Wine 13th Edition". Chimpreports. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meet our ‘Influences’ artists". Singingwells.
  9. ↑ "Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker of Last King of Scotland Idi Amin movie dances “Pakachini” in Gulu with singer Jackie Akello". The Ugandan Today. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Lupita Nyong’o look-alike Jackie Akello says she is tired of being confused with the star. [Photo]". Big Eye. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lupita’s look-alike spotted in Uganda". Sqoop. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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