
I'm completely over my head with school work so that explains my absence from posting anything substantial lately. I graduate (yay!) in about three weeks, after which I plan on having regular updates again, so thanks for bearing with me!
Despite my completely overloaded schedule, I needed to stop
studying for my midterm exam that is tomorrow and share this music video with
you all today. I've previously posted about Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang,
once with my favorite song of theirs, 'Somebody', and another time with a special song they created for the Olympics. Now I'm back to share more of them with you!
anka Nabay is the "Bubu King". Bubu music is fast-paced
dance music with its origins deep in Sierra Leone. Traditionally,
Bubu rhythms were played during Ramadan festivals among the Temne in
northern Sierra Leonean. But Janka Nabay did much to revolutionize Bubu music
in the 90s. The civil war caused Janka Nabay to flee to the U.S., but the music
didn't die. Instead he collaborated with a group of New York musicians to
create a cross-cultural collaboration which bridges the gap between
traditional Bubu and mainstream music. The result, music that
is irresistible to dance to.
While the song 'Feba' is not new (it's been on my workout playlist
since December), the music video for it was just released. Nabay explained to Stereogum that “‘Feba’ is about a baby that you have
with a woman that you are really are in love with, but you are not totally sure
is yours. Even though the baby looks sort of like you, you are still not sure
of the back story.”



