Angella Katatumba is a Ugandan Grade A vocal singer, philanthropist, diplomat and
business woman. According to her manager Tony Ocean Mulungi,
Katatumba is endowed with a distinctive alto voice, vocal power and huge octave
counts. It is a classification shared with only United States singers Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton and Jennifer Hudson.
Angella Franklin Keihongani Katatumba, a Ugandan by
nationality was born on February 21st in Nairobi Kenya. She is the daughter of
the Honorary Consul of Pakistan in Uganda, H.E Prof. Boney Katatumba and
Gertrude Katatumba the proprietor AFK Beauty Clinic Kabalagala. Angella has a
sister and seven brothers; Rosemary, Allan, Dennis, Rugiirwa (Angella’s Twin
brother), Colin (late), Ken, Ian and Jay.
She went to primary
education in Uganda at the Katatumba Academy, then went to Belmont Senior
Secondary School in Vancouver, B.C, and Canada, where she obtained a Public
Relations Diploma. She then went to Oxford Brookes University, England where
she got Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Law. Also at Oxford Brookes
University, England, she continued on to obtain a Master’s Degree in
International Management / Public Relations.
She then moved to Chicago Illinois, where she worked for a
number of years. When Angella moved back home to Uganda, she started working as
the Managing Director at her father H.E Prof. Boney KatatumbaÂ’s Hotel called
Hotel Diplomate in Kampala, Uganda. Angella is currently the Managing Director
of the hotel and CEO Katatumba Properties. When Angella's Father passed away in
2017, as his deputy, she became the Acting Honorary Consul of Pakistan in
Uganda for two years until the President of Pakistan appointed someone else.
In addition to music, Angella
started an NGO called the Angella Katatumba Development Foundation (AKDF) which
is the umbrella of three of Angella’s music projects. Angella also
started to professionally record her music in Uganda. So far she has recorded
three albums and is working on her fourth. The First album is titled Peace, a
10 track album with songs like: For You Gulu, Peace - a duet with Butcherman,
Sikyettagga - a duet with Bebe Cool, I live For You, Let Me, I surrender, One
Minute Man a duet with Bebe Cool, Success, Standing in the Rain and I Live For
You Remix. The Second album is titled Glad I'm Alive, a 10 Track Album with
song's like Feel Alright a duet with Navio, Glad I'm Alive, Thank You, The
Pledge, Without You, Wind Beneath Your Wings, A Better Place a duet with First
Love, Forgivenes, Ngenze Noono and Gwenjagala.
The Third Album is titled "Mulago Yaffe
Campaign"This project is to create awareness of the poor situation at
Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda and to help in any way possible. It
so far has songs like Mulago Yaffe, Together Forever, LetÂ’s Go Green a duet with Keko, In the Air a duet with Keko,
Only You, So Close and Supernatural Girl, Mulago Yaffe, The Struggle ft NTO, So
Painful ft NTO and Multiply By 2 ft Radio and Weasel, Out Of My Head ft Kuzi
KZ, They don't care about us ft Kuzi Kz and All About You.
The Fourth album is Angella's latest
releases; Tubigezeeko, Tonelabila ft Daddy Andre and Love Me ft Voltage Music's
duo Kent and Flosso. Both songs shot straight to Number one on their release
dates. Angella has so far with GodÂ’s grace received numerous music
awards
