Eyuphuro
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Eyuphuro is a Mozambican
band. Eyuphuro's music is combination of traditional Africa
n music and western popular music
. Eyuphuro's music is sung mostly in Makua, a Bantu
language. Name of the band means "whirlwind".
before its breakup in 1990. In 1998 singer Zena Bacar founded Eyuphuro again and in 2001 they released new album, Yellela.
In Yellela appears also musicians, who aren't members of the band; singer Mariamo Mussa Hohberg, saxophonist Orlando da Conceicao and keyboardist Benedito Mazbuko.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
band. Eyuphuro's music is combination of traditional Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n music and western popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
. Eyuphuro's music is sung mostly in Makua, a Bantu
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
language. Name of the band means "whirlwind".
History
Omar Issa, Gimo Remane and Zena Bacar founded Eyuphuro in 1981. Eyuphuro released successful album Mama MosambikiMama Mosambiki
Mama Mosambiki is the title of the first album by Eyuphuro, produced in 1990 by Womad Music.Zena Bakar and Gimo Remane wrote the songs full of the traditional Mozambican rhythms, with the texts providing a sharp commentary on some of the modern social values.The blurb on the sleeve describes the...
before its breakup in 1990. In 1998 singer Zena Bacar founded Eyuphuro again and in 2001 they released new album, Yellela.
Current members
- Zena Bacar
- Issufo Manuel
- Belarmino Rita Godeiros
- Jorge Cossa
- Mahamudo Selimane
- Firmino Luis Hunguana
In Yellela appears also musicians, who aren't members of the band; singer Mariamo Mussa Hohberg, saxophonist Orlando da Conceicao and keyboardist Benedito Mazbuko.