Before the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, Sam Ssemwogerere, alias Zulitums was a producer famous for gifting Ugandans with two songs that had ushered in 2020; Maro’s Anjagala and Cindy Sanyu’s Boom Party.
Yet only a few months into the lockdown, the singer, songwriter and producer had already announced his arrival with a slew of songs and later an album.
With songs such as Easy, most Ugandans paid attention to him and yet with Oluvanyuma, he cemented his status and probably assured doubters that his first songs were no fluke.
“I actually wrote Oluvanyuma in less than an hour,” he says, adding that he was listening to a guitar loop and the words started forming.
When his days became busier, at the time he had started making his own music, he started seeing his mother less and yet they are close. She became worried that he was not seeing her as often as he used to.
“So I was in a space where I was so depressed and being close to my mother, Oluvanyuma was a reassurance to her that after all the hustle and bustle, things will be better,” he says…….CONTINUE READING…..