Stéphano Honoré, (born 21 October 1955 in Cassis, Mauritius)[1] better known as Menwar, is a Mauritian percussionist and singer.
Honoré was known as Lélou before his first cassette, Souvenir le port, was released in 1980, credited as Menwar.
[3] Honoré went back to Mauritius in 1993, but still traveled to and from the island of Réunion while producing and performing music.
[3] During the 1990s, he participated in a Marseille musical comedy entitled Mokko and was featured on another artist's album.
[5][2] Despite these ideas he is not politically active, in contrast with the musicians of seggae, a Mauritian musical genre which was very popular in the early 1990s.