Otim Alpha is a musician from Gulu, northern Uganda. His favourite instrument is adungu, but he also plays the guitar and fiddle.
He is the pioneer of Acholitronix, which mixes traditional instruments used by the Acholi tribe with electronic music. He loves dancing and has long worked as a wedding singer, writing bespoke songs for hundreds of couples across his home region.
Otim Alpha has toured across Europe, North and East Africa. In previous lives he was a boxer and boxing coach.
Otim Alpha performing at the 2019 Nyege Nyege Festival in Jinja, the source of the Nile.
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