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Ahmed Janka Nabay, the Sierra Leonian musician renowned for pioneering work in the electronic dance subgenre from his native country called “bubu music,” has died. Representatives from Luaka Bop confirmed the news. He was 54. A cause of death is currently unknown.

Janka moved to the US in 2003 and returned home last year.

 

Nabay, known as the King of Bubu Music, played the traditional music of the Temne people of Sierra Leone, who dominate the northern part of the country.

 

The music, which has its roots in the Sierra Leonean Muslim tradition, is played with the traditional bamboo flutes.

 

Nabayy, 54, who died on Monday, was credited for being the first musician to record this version of music by reworking the bamboo flutes and metal pipes with electronic instrumentation, hence the tag, King of Bubu Music.

 

According to APA, The dreadlocked artist was best known internationally, especially in the United States, where he relocated in 2003 and returned only in 2017.

 

Nabay and his Bubu Gang band made the Bubu music popular in Brooklyn and Manhattan in the US.

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