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Artist
Rachel Magoola
10+ albums
Uganda
about
Biography Rachel Magoola was born to two music teacher parents and started singing at an early age. She was involved in music throughout her youth at school and within her local church. She later trained as a music teacher and on qualifying, taught for eleven years at Namasagali College, a secondary school and Kaliro Primary teacher training college. Her college choir represented the region several times at the national level music competitions. From 1989 to 2001 Rachel performed professionally with Uganda’s top group, The Afrigo Band, before moving on to a solo career. She is now a successful artiste in her own right, having produced four solo albums, Inhaife in 1997, Tyenda Wundi in 1998, Tonyiiga in 2000 and Atwibembe 2001. These albums earned her much respect from her fellow artists and amongst the Ugandan public. “Obangaina”, one of the tracks on her debut album Inhaife, was a smash hit countrywide and arguably the biggest hit in the history of Ugandan popular music. For example, it was Number One on Capital Radio’s Coca-Cola Hot 7 at 7 for 30 consecutive days, a record. The video promos for “Inhaife” and “Vooto” were extensively played on national TV UTV [now UBS], on commercial stations such as WBS and other terrestrial TV stations. Rachel later hosted radio shows like Kampala’s Top Twenty and The Morning Crew shows on Capital radio. Other radio appearances include: Radio Simba’s Countdown Africa (on which “Obangaina” was voted number one); Radio Sanyu’s African Ex
