After a military coup in 1989, the imposition of "sharia" law by an Islamist government brought about the closing of music halls and outdoor concerts, as well as many other restrictions for musicians and their audiences. Many of the country's most prominent musicians or writers were barred from public life, and in some cases even imprisoned, while others, like Mohammed al Amin and Mohammed Wardi, took exile in Cairo or other places. Traditional music suffered too, with East African "zār" ceremonies, where women conjure and exorcise evil spirits through music and dance, interrupted and deemed as 'pagan'. In this context of ceremonies for women, the singer Setona, born in Kordofan and raised in Khartoum, before she emigrated to Cairo in 1989, published two albums, called "Tariq Sudan" and "Queen of Hena", with some of her songs related to henna ceremonies.