Hijas del Sol

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| genre = Afropop, Jazz, Latin{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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| years_active = 1992–2006{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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Hijas del Sol (Spanish: Daughters of the Sun), namely 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 Bube and Spanish. Hijas del Sol's music has elements from both Hispanic and African music traditions, and as such it is very Equatoguinean.{{Cite web |last=Dwek |first=Joel |date=2021-08-02 |title=EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Colores Del Amor - Las Hijas Del Sol |url=https://www.200worldalbums.com/post/equatorial-guinea-colores-del-amor-las-hijas-del-sol |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=200worldalbums.com |language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://nubenegra.com/hijas-del-sol.html|title=Nubenegra.com|website=nubenegra.com|accessdate=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102044529/http://nubenegra.com/hijas-del-sol.html|archive-date=2019-01-02|url-status=live}} This African traditional music competition was regarded as their musical breakthrough.{{Cite web |title=Las Hijas del Sol on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/las-hijas-del-sol/28219519 |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=AppleMusic |language=en-US}} That year they also performed for the first time in Spain at both the Expo de Sevilla and in the Festival de la OTI.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} The duo later moved to Madrid, Spain where they became involved with the local cultural scene and met Manu Chao. Chao later became a mentor to the duo.

Their debut album Sibèba (1995) is a blend of more traditional Bube music and their own compositions, sung in both Bube and Spanish. The album was released by the independent record label Nubenegra. Sibèba ("aquello que se quiere conseguir"), can be translated as, "a place of salvation reserved for the best"{{cite web|url=http://nubenegra.com/sibeba.html|title=Nubenegra.com|website=nubenegra.com|accessdate=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102215953/http://nubenegra.com/sibeba.html|archive-date=2019-01-02|url-status=live}} and the album tells of the traditions of both Bube 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 and the album was also released throughout Europe, the US, Canada and Japan.