{{Short description|Mozambican band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Eyuphuro | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Mozambique | genre = Marrabenta | years_active = {{Start date|1981}}–1991, 2001–present | label = Real World Records | website = {{url|https://realworldrecords.com/artist/384/eyuphuro/}} | current_members = Firmina Louis Hunguana<br/>Issufo Manuel<br/>Belarmino Rita Godeiros<br/>Jorge Cossa<br/>Mahamudo Selimane | past_members = Zena Bacar<br/>Omar Issa<br/>Gimo Remane }}
'''Eyuphuro''' is a Mozambican band.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=815}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Montreal>{{cite news| last1=Schnurmacher |first1=Thomas | title=World literary crowd pens in a date for PEN conference in Montreal|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal, Quebec|date=July 28, 1989 | page=C1}}</ref>
==History== Omar Issa, Gimo Remane and Zena Bacar founded Eyuphuro in 1981.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> 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.<ref name=opais>{{Cite web|url=http://opais.sapo.mz/morreu-zena-bacar-a-muthiyana-que-se-entregou-a-uma-causa|title=Morreu Zena Bacar: a muthiyana que se entregou a uma causa|website=Opais.sapo.mz|language=pt|access-date=2020-02-04|archive-date=2019-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223151001/http://opais.sapo.mz/morreu-zena-bacar-a-muthiyana-que-se-entregou-a-uma-causa|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==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)
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Category:Music of Mozambique Category:Real World Records artists