You don’t need to know a thing about the bubu music of Sierra Leone to become captivated by its infectious polyrhythms, lilting melodies and spirited call-and-response vocals. Estimated to be more ...

Janka Nabay is the king of Bubu music. That style has old roots in Muslim Sierra Leone, but it's come to life recently in the clubs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, as well as on a new album called En Yay ...

Sierra Leonean musician Janka Nabay, icon of the genre "bubu music," has died, according to his label. He was 54. Nabay initially gained fame in his home country after auditioning for SuperSound, a ...

Janka Nabay, icon of the genre "bubu music," has died. By Monique Melendez Sierra Leonean musician Janka Nabay, icon of the genre “bubu music,” has died, according to his label. He was 54. Nabay ...

Sierra Leone musician Janka Nabay returns with another collection of joyous bubu sounds. His greatest theme remains unchanged: how bubu music makes you dance. Save this story Save this story Janka ...

It’s a given that many of the more than 2,000 bands that play SXSW each year have struggled along the way to get there. But Janka Nabay, the bubu music king from Sierra Leone, sacrificed more than ...

It was 2007 and I was co-producing my first public radio show for the series Afropop Worldwide, focused on the music of Sierra Leone. A BBC reporter had loaned us a plastic bag full of tapes and CDs ...

During the mid-’90s, Ahmed Janka Nabay traveled to Freetown, Sierra Leone’s largest city, to audition for “SuperSound,” a music-oriented TV talent contest not unlike “American Idol.” He had planned to ...

Forced into exile from Sierra Leone, Nabay now makes his mysterious, mesmerizing music in Brooklyn. Janka Nabay is the king of Bubu music. That style has old roots in Muslim Sierra Leone, but it's ...