Eyuphuro

Eyuphuro
Origin	Mozambique
Genres	Marrabenta
Years active	1981 (1981)–1991, 2001–present
Labels	Real World Records
Members	Firmina Louis Hunguana Issufo Manuel Belarmino Rita Godeiros Jorge Cossa Mahamudo Selimane
Past members	Zena Bacar Omar Issa Gimo Remane
Website	realworldrecords.com/artist/384/eyuphuro/

Eyuphuro is a Mozambican band.[1] Eyuphuro's music is a combination of traditional African music and western popular music. Eyuphuro's music is sung mostly in Makua, a Bantu language. The name of the band means "whirlwind" in Macua.[2]

History

Omar Issa, Gimo Remane and Zena Bacar founded Eyuphuro in 1981.[1] Eyuphuro released the successful album Mama Mosambiki before its initial breakup in 1990. In 1998, singer Zena Bacar reformed Eyuphuro and in 2001 they released a new album, Yellela. They made three albums over 25 years that were sold around the world, but the band members never saw these profits.[3]

Original members

• Zena Bacar
• Omar Issa
• Gimo Remane

Current members

• Issufo Manuel
• Belarmino Rita Godeiros
• Jorge Cossa
• Mahamudo Selimane
• Firmino Luis Hunguana

The album Yellela also includes musicians who are not members of the band; singer Mariamo Mussa Hohberg, saxophonist Orlando da Conceicao and keyboardist Benedito Mazbuko.

Discography

Albums

• Mama Mosambiki (1990)
• Yellela (2001)

Contributing artist

• Unwired: Africa (2000, World Music Network)
• The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa (2013, World Music Network)

References

1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 815. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
2. Schnurmacher, Thomas (July 28, 1989). "World literary crowd pens in a date for PEN conference in Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. C1.
3. "Morreu Zena Bacar: a muthiyana que se entregou a uma causa". Opais.sapo.mz (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-02-04.