Bobi Wine
Afrobeats · Dancehall · Reggae
Bobi Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on 12 February 1982, is a Ugandan singer, actor and politician. He grew up in the Kamwokya slum in Kampala…
Biography
Bobi Wine, born Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on 12 February 1982, is a Ugandan singer, actor and politician. He grew up in the Kamwokya slum in Kampala and studied music, dance and drama at Makerere University, graduating in 2003.
He made his name in the 2000s with a mix of reggae, dancehall and Afrobeat, earning the nickname “the Ghetto President” for songs about life in Kampala’s poorer neighbourhoods. His releases include the Kiwani EP and, in 2025, the album By Far.
In 2017 he won the Kyadondo County East seat in Uganda’s Parliament. He now leads the National Unity Platform and ran for president in 2021, when official results gave victory to Yoweri Museveni, a result he says was fraudulent. He stood again in the January 2026 election. His 2021 campaign is the subject of the Peabody Award-winning documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President.
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