User:Mo Lubajo
Mo Lubajo | |
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| Born | 26.09.1990 |
| Nationality | South Sudan |
| Years active | 2011 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Spouse | Modong Nancy (married 2021 - present) |
| Website | molubajo.com |
Lubajo Moses Wolyan, known by his music name Mo Lubajo is a South Sudanese singer, song writer and producer. He was born in Kajo Keji, Central Equatoria region. He currently lives in Czech Republic. He has a lot of love for traditional music.
His first studio album, Roots, is almost entirely composed in Kuku, his native language. He believes in strength in diversity and uses his music to spread message.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]He was born in South Sudan, but during the Second Sudanese Civil War, his family fled as refugees to Moyo, Uganda, where he was raised and went to school. In his early life, he was a member of the Sunday School choir as his parents were church members.
Education
[edit]In 1998, they were resettled from Oliji refugees camp to Legu refugees settlement in Itula, then Moyo District - now in Obongi District. Here he went to study his primary school from 1998 to 2004. He then joined Itula Secondary School before going to Arua in 2009 to finish his A-Level in Mvara Secondary School in 2010. Later he earned a scholarship to study in Czechia, Europe where he went to pursue college.
Career
[edit]He started singing out of passion in 2011 with a colleague whom he had known in his primary school in Uganda. They sang their first songs that only played in the local radio stations. In the following years, they sang and released few more songs notably Nalia, Moji Dene Den Mede, Our Commissioner and Mete Met 'borik 'bura.
He moved abroad to pursue college education in Czech Republic, now Czechia. For that reason the band could not continue singing with him. When he visited in 2016, he met his band member, XX Smart King then they made the song Mama Ki'dok. In the following years they made a few more songs and shot a couple of videos together with their newest member, Love Raiser, notably the video of the song Better Go.
The lock down due to corona virus made traveling limited and he started working on his studio album, Roots which he released on 4th Nov. 2021.