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Ahmed Janka Nabay was born on 5 January, 1964 in Sierra Leone, is an Ahmed Janka Nabay was Sierra Leonean musician and a major figure in Bubu Music. Discover Ahmed Janka Nabay's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 5 January, 1964
Birthday 5 January
Birthplace Sierra Leone
Date of death 2 April, 2018
Died Place Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leone

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1964

Ahmed Janka Nabay (5 January 1964 – 2 April 2018) was a Sierra Leonean musician and a major figure in Bubu Music, a traditionally Temne music which is played by up to 20 musicians blowing into Bamboo pipes of different sizes.

He first earned attention after performing for an audition of SuperSound.

He recorded his album in Forensic Studios in Freetown during the Sierra Leonean Civil War.

2003

Since moving to Washington, D.C. in 2003, he continued to play bubu music, including a performance at the CMJ College Music Marathon in New York in 2009 and 2010.

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.

Bubu King, True Panther Sounds, 2010.

2012

In 2012, his band announced that they had signed a three-album record deal with David Byrne's record label, Luaka Bop.

Janka Nabay was of Mandingo and Temne descent, two of the ethnic groups within Sierra Leone.

An Letah, True Panther Sounds/Luaka Bop, 2012.

En Yay Sah, Luaka Bop, 2012

2017

Build Music, Luaka Bop, 2017

2018

It was reported on April 2, 2018 that Janka Nabay had died of a stomach ailment.

He was 54 years old.

Nabay's bandmate Michael Gallope wrote about the band's creative process and Nabay's "often dehumanizing" experiences as an exile attempting to make a living out of music.

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

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