Hijas del Sol
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Hijas del Sol respectively Piruchi Apo Botupá and Paloma Loribo Apo, are an aunt and niece duo from the island of Bioko
in Equatorial Guinea
who write, sing and perform songs in both Bubi
and Spanish
.
They first performed together in 1992 for a competition in el Centro Cultural Hispano Guineano, where they won prizes for best original song and best choreography http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=18. That year they also performed for the first time in Spain at both the Expo de Sevilla and in the Festival de la OTI.
Their debut album Sibèba (1995) is a blend of more traditional Bubi music and their own compositions, sung in both Bubi and Spanish. Sibèba ("aquello que se quiere conseguir"), can be translated as "a place of salvation reserved for the best" http://www.nubenegra.com/catalogo/index_ampli.php3?id=20 and the album tells of the traditions of both Bubi culture and Catholics religion as well as the problems that immigrants encounter in modern-day Spain. fRoots placed the album at No.1 in its annual listing for 1995 http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=18 and the album was also released throughout Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan.
Bioko
Bioko is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, specifically Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea with a population of 124,000 and an area of . It is volcanic with its highest peak the Pico Basile at .-Geography:Bioko has a total area of...
in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
who write, sing and perform songs in both Bubi
Bubi language
Bube, Bohobé, or Bube–Benga, is a Bantu or Bantoid language spoken by the Bubi, a Bantu people native to, and once the primary inhabitants of, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
They first performed together in 1992 for a competition in el Centro Cultural Hispano Guineano, where they won prizes for best original song and best choreography http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=18. That year they also performed for the first time in Spain at both the Expo de Sevilla and in the Festival de la OTI.
Their debut album Sibèba (1995) is a blend of more traditional Bubi music and their own compositions, sung in both Bubi and Spanish. Sibèba ("aquello que se quiere conseguir"), can be translated as "a place of salvation reserved for the best" http://www.nubenegra.com/catalogo/index_ampli.php3?id=20 and the album tells of the traditions of both Bubi culture and Catholics religion as well as the problems that immigrants encounter in modern-day Spain. fRoots placed the album at No.1 in its annual listing for 1995 http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=18 and the album was also released throughout Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan.