Abatabaazi album artwork by Sama Sojah
Sama Sojah presents · 2026

Abatabaazi

Ten songs. One African reggae statement.

Faith. Fatherhood. Love. Black identity. Pressure. Communication. Karma. Dance. Culture. Resolve. Abatabaazi is the body of work leading Sama Sojah’s next chapter from Kampala into Africa and onto the global stage.

Sama Sojah · African ReggaeFrom Kampala. For Africa. For the world.

Every major artist has an era. This is Sama Sojah’s.

Abatabaazi sits at the centre of the current chapter: the record, the live arrangements, the visual language and the sound Sama is carrying onto bigger stages.

Abatabaazi album by Sama Sojah
Current album · 2026

Abatabaazi

A modern African reggae statement built around story, melody, musicianship and the communal force of a live band. It does not borrow an identity from somewhere else. It starts at home and opens outward.

The bigger frame

From Kampala. For Africa. For the world.

Sama Sojah’s story begins in Uganda, but the ambition is continental. The aim is not to be boxed into a local scene. It is to help shape what contemporary African reggae can sound, look and feel like now: rooted, original, musically serious and ready to travel.
OriginUgandan roots
IdentityAfrican reggae
DirectionGlobal stages

Ten songs. Ten stories.

Abatabaazi is not a collection of tracks placed next to each other. Every song comes from a lived thought, a memory, a question or a moment. Open a track to hear the story behind it.

01Alpha & OmegaFaith · Testimony

Alpha & Omega is my testimony to the world, believers and nonbelievers alike. In this song, I’m telling you where my strength truly comes from. My knees don’t break because they kneel to one God. My voice doesn’t tire because it sings to the One who lifts me. Everything I have, everything I overcome, comes from Him.

His grace gives me courage. His protection expands my borders. His mercy prepares my path long before I walk it.

When I say “Alpha & Omega,” I am reminding you, and myself, that He begins everything in me and He completes it.

02AbatabaaziFatherhood · Legacy

Abatabaazi is my message to you, my daughter. I am speaking directly to you, reminding you where you come from and who you belong to. You are a child of the land, raised by values, discipline and community.

As you grow, I want you to know that character matters more than pride, and trusting in God is greater than any strength you will ever carry on your own.

Through every stage of your life, I promise you my protection, my guidance and my presence. I will always stand between you and the world, fighting for you when you cannot fight for yourself.

03KanjatuleLove · Honesty

Kanjatule is a song about the kind of love that grips you deeply. The love you cannot ignore even when it confuses you, annoys you or overwhelms you. It speaks for anyone who has wanted someone so much that their presence shakes your thoughts and their absence leaves a hole you cannot explain.

The song carries the tension between sweetness and pain, desire and doubt, holding on and figuring things out.

It is a confession of honesty: “I don’t have anyone else… it’s you.” A plea to sit down, talk and understand each other. Kanjatule… let’s solve this today.

04Is It Because I’m Black?Identity · Society

This song comes from a question my people live with every day. It is the question the youth ask when systems fail them, when politics eats everything, and when survival feels heavier than hope. I wake up, I pray, I work, yet the burden keeps growing. Violence takes parents from children. Fear replaces play. And still, no one answers the question honestly.

I ask it out loud. Not in anger, but in truth. Not to accuse, but to expose.

The song is a mirror to society, asking why suffering keeps following us and whether our skin is part of the sentence. Is it because I’m black?

05Games Lovers PlayLove · Heartbreak

Games Lovers Play is a story about the kind of heartbreak many people go through: the confusion, the broken promises and the memories that refuse to fade. It speaks for anyone who has given their heart fully and still ended up hurt.

The song captures the moment when love shifts from hope to disappointment, when words no longer match actions, and when silence answers more than explanations ever could.

Sometimes, even with the best intentions, love becomes a game… and someone always walks away wounded.

06Technical RiderCommunication · Life

I waited for years to get a chance to perform at Roast and Rhyme. When the moment finally came, I was excited and ready with my band. A day before the show, the organisers asked me for my technical rider. I reached out to the band expecting one clear file, but every musician sent me their own version. It took more than four hours before I could finally forward one complete document.

That pressure, confusion and rush taught me something real: most problems start from poor communication. And that experience became the song Technical Rider.

It is not only about music. It is about life, teamwork and relationships. Everyone has their needs, their style, their instructions. Instead of guessing, tell me clearly. Give me honesty. Give me your “technical rider.”

07TroubleKarma · Standards

Trouble comes from the lessons I was raised on. Growing up, my mother always told me, “Stay out of trouble, because whatever you put into the world will come back to you.” Life proved her right.

I have seen people switch faces, betray friends, steal money, pretend to be loyal while hiding their true intentions. Every time, the same truth follows them: trouble finds those who chase it.

I speak as a man who wants to live by higher standards. I hail Selassie, I hold my Queen close, and I move with purpose. Karma is real… and it never misses.

08FocusDance · Freedom

Focus is a nightlife song. A moment where I am simply observing energy, rhythm and confidence on the dance floor. I am describing a girl who knows how to move, owns her space and enjoys herself without caring who is watching.

It is not about disrespecting her. It is about celebrating her freedom and the power she carries when she dances. The vibe is playful, the mood is light and the energy is real.

Sometimes music does not need a deep message. It just needs truth from the moment. And that night, the moment was pure dance, pure joy, pure whine… pure focus.

09Zinga OmutiRoots · Culture

Zinga Omuti is a roots song about culture, community and the simple rhythms of everyday life. It captures the Ugandan vibe: moving from one hangout to another, spending time with friends, sharing stories and unwinding after a long day.

The song speaks about herbs through the lens of meditation, healing and traditions carried through generations. It recognises that people have different ways of slowing down and reconnecting with themselves.

In true reggae spirit, it speaks of liberation, natural mystic, good education and the freedom to choose peace in a world full of pressure.

10Dem Dead feat. Krazy MCeeResolve · Forward motion

Dem Dead is not about violence. It is about endings. In this collaboration with Krazy MCee, I am talking about the death of doubt, envy, fake competition and the influence of people who move with bad intentions. We have watched, listened and grown. What no longer serves purpose has already expired.

The song speaks to confidence earned through work, not noise. To standing firm while others talk. To rising above Babylon systems that never want to see you win.

When we say “dem dead,” we mean their negativity has no power anymore. The work is done. We move forward.

Collaborations across Uganda and the wider reggae world.

The site now gives collaboration its proper place: major Ugandan names, collective records and international riddim work.

Uganda

Njiira Love

Sama Sojah with Sheebah.

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Uganda

Kikondoolo

Featuring Iryn Namubiru.

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Uganda · Ensemble

Sidung Deh

With a major cast including Jose Chameleone, Weasel, Pallaso, John Blaq, Vampino and Ziza Bafana.

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International Reggae

Rastafari

Released with Nyle Banks Music Group and placed in the wider Caribbean-reggae ecosystem.

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Features

Appears On

Bird Joe, Astar 95, DabaBeats, DJ Shiru, Malaika Ug Official and more.

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Songwriter

Behind other hits

Credits publicly discussed include songs for Vinka & Winnie Nwagi, Bebe Cool, Fik Roots & Stabua Natooro.

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Abatabaazi leads a much bigger catalogue.

The current album is the headline, but Sama Sojah already has years of recorded work, live releases, singles and collaborations behind it.

2026 · Album

Abatabaazi

10-track studio album plus a live edition. The present artistic era.

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2025 · Live Album

Roast & Rhyme Live

Nine live tracks, 34 minutes, released through Swangz Avenue.

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2021 · EP

Counting My Blessings

Includes Nterekera and other songs that remain part of the artist story.

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AkaddeNterekeraKikondooloNdiwonaAkaamaNjiira LoveRoll One KampalaMidomo MidomoSika AkatiNalukwaagoRastafariMwa Mwa Mwa TaxiTonightLet the Music PlayProfile PictureNyimbilaNyonyi NyangeMovie Star NileKumpaanaGenda NangeTandekaAlpha & OmegaKanjatuleTechnical RiderTroubleFocus & WhineDem Dead
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Official Sama Sojah Store.

Wear the music. Own the music. Carry the story. The first store launch combines the T-shirt designs already developed for the brand with physical Abatabaazi editions.

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Abatabaazi Tee

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Concert Tee

Performance-led Sama Sojah design.

UGX 100,000
Original Lyrical Senator T-shirt
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Original Lyrical Senator

Black / red design variations shown in the mock-up.

UGX 100,000
Reggae With A Purpose T-shirt
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Reggae With A Purpose

Roots. Rhythm. Purpose.

UGX 100,000
Vintage Abatabaazi T-shirt
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Vintage Abatabaazi

Roots-led collector design.

UGX 100,000
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Abatabaazi Collector USB

Full 10-track album in a branded physical edition. Packaging and bonus contents to be finalised.

UGX 50,000
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Abatabaazi CD

Professionally packaged physical album edition.

UGX 30,000
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The stage is part of the music.

Sama Sojah & Band present a live reggae journey, not a sequence of tracks. The arrangements breathe, the rhythm section carries the room and the songs are built to meet an audience.

Sama Sojah performing with live band

Festival ready. Band driven.

Drum-and-bass bridges connect the set. Guitar echoes and keyboard swells make space. Percussion brings movement, backing vocals widen the choruses, and Sama moves naturally between reflective songs and stronger reggae moments.

Performance35, 45 or 60 minutes
FormatSama Sojah & full live band
LanguagesLuganda & English
SoundRoots · African reggae · lovers-rock · dancehall lift
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“The sound comes from home. The ambition has no border.”

Sama Sojah · African reggae

Sama Sojah is a contemporary African reggae artist, songwriter, trained musician and producer from Kampala. His music is rooted in the language, rhythm and everyday life of East Africa, but it is written with a wider audience in mind. He writes his own songs and produces some of his work, giving him a close relationship with every stage of the music, from lyric and melody to arrangement and performance.

His voice is warm but assured, comfortable in a reflective verse, a lovers-rock melody or a chorus made for thousands of people to sing back. The catalogue moves through love, faith, resilience, social responsibility and cultural belonging without turning the music into a lecture.

Reggae is the foundation. Africa is the point of view.

That distinction matters. Sama Sojah is not trying to reproduce Jamaica from Kampala. He is building an African reggae identity that respects the genre’s roots while allowing Uganda, East Africa and his own lived experience to remain audible. The direction is clear: stronger records, stronger live shows, wider African stages and a place in the international reggae conversation.

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