Ahmed Janka Nabay

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Ahmed Janka Nabay (5 January 1964 – 2 April 2018)^[1] 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.^[2] He first earned attention after performing for an audition of SuperSound.^[3]

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

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.^[4]

In 2012, his band announced that they had signed a three-album record deal with David Byrne's record label, Luaka Bop.^{[citation needed]}