Ahmed Janka Nabay

Ahmed Janka Nabay is a Sierra Leonean musician who has been a major figure in Bubu Music, a traditionally Muslim music which is played by up to 20 musicians blowing into bamboo pipes of different sizes.

    .[1] Janka Nabay recorded his album in Forensic Studios in Freetown during the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Since moving to Washington, D.C. in 2003, Janka Nabay has continued to play bubu music, including a performance at the CMJ College Music Marathon in New York in 2009 and 2010. In June 2010, he formed a full band, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, with members of four Brooklyn indie rock groups Skeletons, Gang Gang Dance, and Starring.[2] In 2012, Janka's band announced that they had signed a three-album record deal with David Byrne's record label, Luaka Bop.

    Janka Nabay is of Mandigo and Temne Temne descent, two of the ethnic groups within Sierra Leone.

    Discography

    Disarm, Recorded at Island Studio Freetown, Side A: 1) Dis-Arm, 2) Dance to the Bu-Bu 3) Lek You Culture 4) Some Body. Side B: 1) Yay Su Tan Tan, 2) On the Bu-Bu 3) Dance to the Bu-Bu, 4) Dis-Arm
    Bubu King, True Panther Sounds, 2010.[3]
    An Letah, True Panther Sounds/Luaka Bop, 2012.
    En Yay Sah, Luaka Bop, 2012 [4]

    References

    1. ↑ BBC, Africa On Your Street.
    2. ↑ New York Times, Music Section: To Be Seen And Heard All Around Town.
    3. ↑ Dusted Reviews: Janka Nabay.
    4. ↑ Pitchfork Reviews: En Yay Sah