Ahmed Janka Nabay
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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.
. Since moving to Philadelphia in the mid-1990s, 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 (band), Gang Gang Dance
, Starring, and Zs
. Janka Nabay is of Mandigo
and Timini descent, two of the ethnic groups within Sierra Leone.
Bubu Music
Bubu Music is traditional music played by the Temne people in Sierra Leone. The music was originally used in witchcraft ceremonies, but later it turned into a popular religious processional style played during Ramadan...
, a traditionally Muslim music which is played by up to 20 musicians blowing into bamboo pipes of different sizes.
Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government...
. Since moving to Philadelphia in the mid-1990s, 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 (band), Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance is an American experimental music band based in Manhattan, New York City. The band is known for its distinctive sound which features synthesized electronics and percussion, plus the varied vocal styles of singer Lizzi Bougatsos...
, Starring, and Zs
ZS
ZS may refer to:* American Samoa World Meteorological Organization country code* Azzurra Air IATA airline designator* MG ZS, a car made by MG Rover* zettasiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance* Zombie Squad, a disaster preparedness group...
. Janka Nabay is of Mandigo
Mandingo people of Sierra Leone
The Mandinka people of Sierra Leone is a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone and they are the descendants of Mandinka settlers from Guinea who migrated to Sierra Leone between 1840 to about 1900...
and Timini descent, two of the ethnic groups within Sierra Leone.