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Janka Nabay: The Bubu King of Sierra Leone
Janka Nabay is known in his native Sierra Leone as the Bubu King. Nabay fled the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s civil war and he is now in the US, with a new band, playing the music from home.
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang. (Photo: Bubu Gang)
Janka Nabay is known in his native Sierra Leone as the Bubu King.
Bubu is a kind of high-energy music.
Nabay fled the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s civil war and he is now in the US, with a new band, playing the music from home.
Mirissa Neff has his story.
Schedule: Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang at SXSW.