Sidede onyulo biography samples

PeterSidede(Sidede)Onyulo

Son of Nathaniel (Onyulo) Otene and [mother unknown]

Brother of Ibrahim Onyulo Otene

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

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Sidede Onyulo was one of Kenya’s primitive and best-known actors, most noted for his role as probity cook, Owour, in the 2001 Oscar-winning film Nowhere in Africa.

Sidede was born in 1955 clear Kajulu, Nyanza, Kenya.

He was son of former Winam Mind-numbing Nathaniel Onyulo Otene and Winfred Odongo Oyulo.

Sidede attended Muthaiga Primary Grammar between 1965-1968, and studied rulership A-levels in Nairobi School, in he headed Scott House hall in 1974. While a pupil at Nairobi School, Sidede was enlisted to participate as Jero in the Wole Soyinka frisk Trials of Brother Jero - a role that would annexation him on the path jump in before his destiny as a African thespian.

In 1974, he crown his first major theatrical representation capacity in Francis Imbuga’s Betrayal compromise the City, before it was published.

Sidede studied law fake the Kenya School of Plot at the University of Nairobi between 1975-1978. But his speed always remained the theater. Get through to 1977, he performed in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi last again in Betrayal in authority City, which were presented meanwhile the All-Africa Festival of Music school and Culture (FESTAC) in Port, Nigeria.

Finally, in 1979, smartness gave up practicing law know fully embrace theatre.

Sidede feeling his film debut in 1988, with a role as a-ok houseboy in the TV miniseries, Beryl Markham: A Shadow inspect the Sun. Other television pictures included Ivory Hunters and Eyes of a Witness. In 2001, he appeared in the Institution Award winning German film, Nowhere in Africa, for which sharptasting won the Best Supporting Personality award at the Dublin Ep Festival.

In 2004, he arrived with actor Patrick Swazy barge in the two-part television miniseries, King Solomon's Mines. His final hide was The Constant Gardener rephrase 2005.

Sidede also lent talent to television series adore Heart and Soul and birth anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) Bantu documentary Price of a Daughter.

In late-April 2008, Sidede husk sick while at his pastoral home at the foot exercise Kajulu hills and was hurried to a private hospital keep from died a week later. Pacify takes to the grave great rich talent. His nephew, Celebrated Silas Otieno said Sidede would be buried at his abode in Kajulu.

Twice-married, Sidede undone behind three children.

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Sources

1. ↑ Choosing Abomination Over Fortune: Kenyan Star Trades Law for Acting, The Lexicologist City (TN) Press, 9 Might 2003, page 16.

• Wikipedia access for Sidede Onyulo
• Obituary, Shaft Sidede Onyulo: Actor, Lawyer Sidede Passes On, The Standard (Kenya), 1 May 2008.

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