Maureen Lilanda

Maureen Lilanda
Birth name	Maureen Lupo Lilanda
Also known as	Aunty Maureen; Mama Maureen; Lupo
Born	24 April 1967 Zambia
Genres	Afro jazz; Zambian traditional fusion; soul; world music; cabaret
Occupation(s)	Singer; songwriter; cabaret artist; motivational speaker; arts administrator
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	c. 1982–present
Associated acts	Ashilile Band; Amashiwi; Le Banquet des Nomades

Maureen Lupo Lilanda (wobadwa pa 24 Epulo 1967), wodziwika bwino monga Aunty Maureen, Mama Maureen, kapena Lupo, ndi woimba wa Afro jazz wa ku Zambia, wolemba nyimbo, wojambula cabaret, wokamba nkhani zolimbikitsa, komanso woyang'anira zaluso. Ndi ntchito yake ya zaka zoposa makumi anayi, ndi m'modzi mwa oimba achikazi otchuka komanso odziwika padziko lonse lapansi omwe Zambia yapanga, wotchuka chifukwa cha mawu ake apadera komanso ntchito yake yophatikiza nyimbo zachikhalidwe zaku Zambia ndi jazz, soul, pop, reggae, ndi mitundu ina ya ku Africa ndi Western. Amaonedwa kwambiri ngati m'modzi mwa anthu odziwika bwino mu Zambian Afro jazz komanso ngati wosunga cholowa cha nyimbo cha dzikolo.

Mtolankhani woyenerera yemwe adasankha nyimbo m'malo mwa ntchito yake yophunzitsidwa, Lilanda adachoka pa umembala wa gulu ndikuchita cabaret kukhala wojambula wodziwika bwino mdziko muno komanso kazembe wa nyimbo zaku Zambia kunja. Watulutsa ma Albums angapo kuyambira 2000, adayimba ku Europe, Asia, ndi Africa, ndipo adagawana ma siteji ndi oimba apadziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza Oliver Mtukudzi, Baaba Maal, Jonathan Butler, Leona Lewis, ndi Seal. Kupatula kuchita bwino kwake, wachita gawo lalikulu m'makampani opanga nyimbo ku Zambia, kukhala mkazi woyamba komanso wokhayo amene wakhala mtsogoleri wa bungwe la Zambia Association of Musicians, ndipo wapereka ntchito yake yambiri yosunga cholowa chake kudzera mu Art Beat Centre yake, sukulu yomwe imaphunzitsa achinyamata kusewera zida zachikhalidwe zaku Zambia. Ntchito yake yothandiza anthu komanso yolimbikitsa, yomwe imachitika kudzera mu nyimbo zake komanso kudzera mu maudindo a akazembe m'mabungwe ambiri, yamupangitsa kukhala munthu wotchuka kwambiri pagulu kupitirira siteji ya konsati.