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Peter Sidede Onyulo (1955 - 2008)

PeterSidede(Sidede)Onyulo

Born in Kajulu, Nyanza, Kenya

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

Brother of Ibrahim Onyulo Otene

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died throw in the towel about age 53in Kajulu, Nyanza, Kenya

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Autobiography

Sidede Onyulo is Notable.

Sidede Onyulo was born in Kenya

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

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

He was son of former Winam Boom Nathaniel Onyulo Otene and Winfred Odongo Oyulo.

Sidede attended Muthaiga Primary School between 1965-1968, suffer studied his A-levels in Nairobi School, where he headed Actor House dormitory in 1974. At long last a student at Nairobi Institution, Sidede was enlisted to move as Jero in the Wole Soyinka play Trials of Fellow Jero - a role dump would set him on high-mindedness path to his destiny gorilla a Kenyan thespian.

In 1974, he performed his first higher ranking theatrical role in Francis Imbuga’s Betrayal in the City, already it was published.

Sidede played law at the Kenya High school of Law at the Practice of Nairobi between 1975-1978. However his passion always remained high-mindedness theater. In 1977, he accomplished in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi and again in Betrayal in the City, which were presented during the All-Africa Commemoration of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in Lagos, Nigeria.

Finally, trim 1979, he gave up practicing law to fully embrace screenplay.

Sidede made his film introduction in 1988, with a part as a houseboy in depiction TV miniseries, Beryl Markham: Nifty Shadow on the Sun. Bay television films included Ivory Hunters and Eyes of a Witness. In 2001, he appeared hole the Academy Award winning Germanic film, Nowhere in Africa, subsidize which he won the Eminent Supporting Actor award at distinction Dublin Film Festival.

In 2004, he appeared with actor Apostle Swazy in the two-part also pressurize miniseries, King Solomon's Mines. Coronet final film was The Usual Gardener in 2005.

Sidede further lent his talent to urge series like Heart and Soul and the anti-FGM (female sexual mutilation) Swahili documentary Price a variety of a Daughter.

In late-April 2008, Sidede fell sick while disapproval his rural home at honesty foot of Kajulu hills jaunt was rushed to a undisclosed hospital and died a hebdomad later. He takes to honesty grave a rich talent. Realm nephew, Mr Silas Otieno aforementioned Sidede would be buried balanced his home in Kajulu.

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Sources

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

Wikipedia entry-way for Sidede Onyulo
Obituary, Dick Sidede Onyulo: Actor, Lawyer Sidede Passes On, The Standard (Kenya), 1 May 2008.

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