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<p>RIP King of Bubu Music, Ahmed Janka Nabay</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-bubu-music-ahmed-janka-nabay-rip/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/king-bubu-music-ahmed-janka-nabay-rip/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/king-bubu-mu</span><span class="invisible">sic-ahmed-janka-nabay-rip/</span></a></p><p>Sierra Leone’s King of Bubu Music, Ahmed Janka Nabay died in 2018.</p><p>Ahmed Janka Nabay (1964 – 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. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/bubumusic/" rel="tag">#BubuMusic</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a></p>

<p>Bai Kamara Jr. – Salone</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bai-kamara-jr-salone/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bai-kamara-jr-salone/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bai-kamara-j</span><span class="invisible">r-salone/</span></a></p><p>Bai Kamara Jr., Brussels-based Sierra Leonean musician, wants to bring back the blues to its West African roots. After “Salone” in 2019, with his touring band the Voodoo Sniffers, he released “Traveling Medicine Man” in 2023.</p><p>Three years after the release of his critically acclaimed album Salone, Bai Kamara Jr returns with Traveling Medicine Man, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a></p>

<p>Kondi Band – It’s God’s World (So Don’t Do Bad)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kondi-band-god-world-dont-do-bad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kondi-band-god-world-dont-do-bad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kondi-band-g</span><span class="invisible">od-world-dont-do-bad/</span></a></p><p>The album “We Famous” is Sierra Leone’s Kondi Band return in 2021.</p><p>Kondi Band is a collaboration between Sierra Leonean kondi (thumb piano) player Sorie Kondi and US producer / DJ Chief Boima, who himself has Sierra Leonean roots.</p><p>The project was spawned after Boima happened upon an online video of one of Sorie’s [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/mbira/" rel="tag">#Mbira</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>From the vault: 2022</p><p>Africa comes to Real World: revisiting albums by six legendary artists<br><a href="https://realworldrecords.com/features/long-reads/africa-comes-to-real-world-revisiting-albums-by-six-legendary-artists/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="realworldrecords.com/features/long-reads/africa-comes-to-real-world-revisiting-albums-by-six-legendary-artists/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">realworldrecords.com/features/</span><span class="invisible">long-reads/africa-comes-to-real-world-revisiting-albums-by-six-legendary-artists/</span></a><br><a href="https://realworldrecords.com/news/new-reissue-series-africa-sessions-at-real-world-out-this-june/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="realworldrecords.com/news/new-reissue-series-africa-sessions-at-real-world-out-this-june/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">realworldrecords.com/news/new-</span><span class="invisible">reissue-series-africa-sessions-at-real-world-out-this-june/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/realworld/" rel="tag">#RealWorld</a> <a href="/tags/africanmusic/" rel="tag">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/tanzania/" rel="tag">#Tanzania</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a></p>

<p>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/big-fat-dog-sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/big-fat-dog-sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/big-fat-dog-</span><span class="invisible">sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars/</span></a></p><p>“Big Fat Dog”, by the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, filmed in Freetown, from their album “Radio Salone” (2012).</p><p>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix out of the ashes of war and enflamed the passions of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a> <a href="/tags/ska/" rel="tag">#Ska</a></p>

<p>Janka Nabay – King of Bubu Music</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/janka-nabay-king-bubumusic/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/janka-nabay-king-bubumusic/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/janka-nabay-</span><span class="invisible">king-bubumusic/</span></a></p><p>Janka Nabay était le père auto-proclamé de la musique Bubu contemporaine de Sierra Leone, qui prend ses racines dans les fêtes musulmanes auxquelles il assistait petit, mais qui existe depuis plusieurs centaines d’années. Il est le premier à avoir modernisé cette musique en y intégrant des claviers et des flutes de bambou […]</p><p><a href="/tags/bubumusic/" rel="tag">#BubuMusic</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a> <a href="/tags/trance/" rel="tag">#Trance</a></p>

<p>Geraldo Pino, Afrobeat’s Godfather</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/geraldo-pino-afrobeat-godfather/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/geraldo-pino-afrobeat-godfather/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/geraldo-pino</span><span class="invisible">-afrobeat-godfather/</span></a></p><p>Geraldo Pino is considered, including by Fela himself, the Godfather of Afrobeat.</p><p>Geraldo Pino Biography<br>By Jason Ankeny / AllMusic<br>The acknowledged godfather of Afrobeat, Sierra Leone native Geraldo Pino laid the foundation for the West African soul and funk revolution of the 1970s.<br>Born Gerald Pine in Freetown on February 10, 1939, he was the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Palm Wine Guitar Music with S. E. Rogie</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/palm-wine-guitar-music-rogie/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/palm-wine-guitar-music-rogie/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/palm-wine-gu</span><span class="invisible">itar-music-rogie/</span></a></p><p>Sooliman Ernest Rogers, (1926 – 1994) better known as S. E. Rogie, was a Highlife and PalmWine musician and guitarist from Sierra Leone. Palm Wine Guitar Music: The 60s Sound has been recorded in 1988.</p><p>S.E. Rogie went from running a tailor shop in Sierra Leone to being one of West Africa’s most popular artists. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/palmwinemusic/" rel="tag">#PalmWineMusic</a> <a href="/tags/sierraleone/" rel="tag">#SierraLeone</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>