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Category: Genre

Summary

Temne-associated interlocking wind/percussion music and its later electronic/popular adaptations. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Processions, celebrations and electronic adaptations coexist. Rap hybrids extend the sound into new urban productions while community bands retain acoustic forms. [1]

History

Temne-associated practice has changing ceremonial and Muslim processional settings. Accounts of a centuries-old supernatural origin are narratives, not a securely dated musical chronology. [1]

Musical characteristics

Interlocking single-note winds, including bamboo and reused pipes, combine with percussion to build repeating ensemble patterns. Electronic versions reconstruct this interaction with synthesizers and programmed rhythm. [1]

Geography and communities

Northern and western Sierra Leone and connected village communities. Freetown, national celebrations, urban hybrids and a specific international migrant scene. [1]

Artists

Janka Nabay was a pivotal recorded innovator. Drizilik illustrates a later rap-related adaptation; village and urban Bubu bands sustain the collective performance tradition. [1]

Representative performances

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Repertoire Field use Notes
popular regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Bakitenno Bakitenno - Janka Nabay (Official Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/W6vHOqh6jHI Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Bakitenno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own musician’s2026 Janka Nabay is an explicitly Bubu-pioneer-inspired AfroRudnez tribute. Bakitenno is the current voice; Ahmed Janka Nabay is the honored older musician, not falsely credited as singing a new2026session. Video publication: 2026-05-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[2] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Bakitenno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own musician’s2026 Janka Nabay is an explicitly Bubu-pioneer-inspired AfroRudnez tribute. Bakitenno is the current voice; Ahmed Janka Nabay is the honored older musician, not falsely credited as singing a new2026session. false false false
Bubu community singers and wind/percussion ensemble, personal names uncredited Bubu cultural singers in Africa Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 https://www.youtube.com/embed/_KCEvO7EKkQ Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu musical celebration/singing performance; Africa Abound is publisher, not the singer. New upload does not invent an original composition or exact session. Video publication: 2025-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[3] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu musical celebration/singing performance; Africa Abound is publisher, not the singer. New upload does not invent an original composition or exact session. false false false
Bubu community singers and wind/percussion ensemble, personal names uncredited Best to Best Bubu Music Celebration in Africa Sierra 🇸🇱 https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYLL3XQjUog Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu musical celebration/singing performance; Africa Abound is publisher, not the singer. New upload does not invent an original composition or exact session. Video publication: 2025-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[4] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu musical celebration/singing performance; Africa Abound is publisher, not the singer. New upload does not invent an original composition or exact session. false false false
Temne Bubu procession musicians, personal names uncredited Traditional BUBU procession with the magical bamboo flutes - Temne culture (Sierra Leone) https://www.youtube.com/embed/uWUKZlMEpYQ Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: De TamTamClub - African culture. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named Temne pipe-and-drum street musical performance. Generic publisher description is not treated as verified original musician names or session date. Video publication: 2025-09-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: De TamTamClub - African culture. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named Temne pipe-and-drum street musical performance. Generic publisher description is not treated as verified original musician names or session date. false false false
Twice Ice (Yusif Daramy) 🔥 Twice Ice - BuBu Dance Instrumental | 2024 SIERRA LEONE MUSIC 🇸🇱 | Music Sparks https://www.youtube.com/embed/jMra5mksAhY Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Latest Sierra Leone Music 🇸🇱. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu Dance instrumental recording by named Sierra Leonean producer Twice Ice; instrumental musical production is not automatically karaoke or instruction. Fan publisher is not artist. Video publication: 2024-07-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Latest Sierra Leone Music 🇸🇱. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu Dance instrumental recording by named Sierra Leonean producer Twice Ice; instrumental musical production is not automatically karaoke or instruction. Fan publisher is not artist. false false false
Temne Bubu wind/percussion ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone got the best BuBu Instrumental in Africa. #foryou #africa #music https://www.youtube.com/embed/4KvDBjS765I Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mastersabbi Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual acoustic Bubu instrumental ensemble performance. Publisher’s generalized history/magic claims and confused instrument labels are not adopted as established facts. Video publication: 2023-12-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mastersabbi Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual acoustic Bubu instrumental ensemble performance. Publisher’s generalized history/magic claims and confused instrument labels are not adopted as established facts. false false false
Temne Bubu community ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu dance by the Temne tribe December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/embed/boJkZPJf9ig Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer explicitly identifies actual Temne Bubu musical dance performanceDecember2023; unknown exact day retained. Documented performance/session: 2023-12. Video publication: 2023-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] popular unknown 2023-12 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer explicitly identifies actual Temne Bubu musical dance performanceDecember2023; unknown exact day retained. Documented performance/session: 2023-12. false false false
Magbando Bubu Association magbando bubu association local language tegbeh sierra Leone west Africa https://www.youtube.com/embed/vMNMlN-TZs4 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed thaim Bundu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies actual community Bubu association and Tegbeh-language musical performance, not every local-language song. Video publication: 2023-10-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed thaim Bundu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Source identifies actual community Bubu association and Tegbeh-language musical performance, not every local-language song. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone Bubu Sound Sierra Leone Cultural Music video 2023 https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI1aIPBHglE Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Golden TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2023-06-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Golden TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Bubu community musicians, personal names uncredited African Village Life, (Sierra Leone 🇸🇱) Celebration With Bubu Music https://www.youtube.com/embed/wQ0COyAcllA Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu celebration performance; publisher is not substituted for actual unnamed performers. Video publication: 2023-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Sierra Leone Bubu celebration performance; publisher is not substituted for actual unnamed performers. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Bubu 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Th6ymw26yp8 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Marie V. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2023-03-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Marie V. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu community ensemble, personal names uncredited African Village Life, (Sierra Leone SL) Bubu Music Culture Celebration Day (Full Video) https://www.youtube.com/embed/-sYbATI2VLc Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Full focused Bubu musical celebration retained; same publisher’s possible short extracts are held to avoid full-set/cut double counting. Video publication: 2022-12-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Africa Abound. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Full focused Bubu musical celebration retained; same publisher’s possible short extracts are held to avoid full-set/cut double counting. false false false
Foday Dumbuya; We Yone Cultural Theatre Bubu Music by Weyone Cultural Theatre - Kroo bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 2022 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ilt5Lxyts3Q Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Charles Huckvale. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual group from Kroo Bay,Freetown and April2022musical performance. Bitbox,wanjui,agogo and pipe roles are described; shorter excerpt from the same performance is not also counted. Documented performance/session: 2022-04. Video publication: 2022-10-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] popular unknown 2022-04 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Charles Huckvale. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual group from Kroo Bay,Freetown and April2022musical performance. Bitbox,wanjui,agogo and pipe roles are described; shorter excerpt from the same performance is not also counted. Documented performance/session: 2022-04. false false false
Augu-B Augu-B Bondo Lol Official Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/cLl3qLQgTuA Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Augu Bee. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own musician explicitly identifies Bondo Lol as a specific Bubu/Bondo-inflected contemporary Sierra Leone musical work, not every nationally tagged release. Video publication: 2022-10-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] popular unknown unknown music-video unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Augu Bee. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own musician explicitly identifies Bondo Lol as a specific Bubu/Bondo-inflected contemporary Sierra Leone musical work, not every nationally tagged release. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnX1I66eKvw Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Edward K Bangura. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2022-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Edward K Bangura. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Temne culture bubu https://www.youtube.com/embed/OxtS9kEDtP4 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2022-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Bubu musicians at agricultural training celebration, personal names uncredited Bubu music in Sierra Leone in celebration of the agricultural training program https://www.youtube.com/embed/js0UgXWnzC8 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Michael Cooley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual Sierra Leone musical celebration associated with agricultural training, not an equipment demonstration. Video publication: 2022-06-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Michael Cooley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual Sierra Leone musical celebration associated with agricultural training, not an equipment demonstration. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Bubu dance from Sierra Leone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ymCNjw5NWG8 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Samba and Madonna. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu musical rendition identified as such by source; photographer/channel names not substituted as singers. Video publication: 2022-05-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Samba and Madonna. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu musical rendition identified as such by source; photographer/channel names not substituted as singers. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵🎶🎵🎶 https://www.youtube.com/embed/TrqGJ0VN16g Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2022-04-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵 https://www.youtube.com/embed/xhYVcFCoW6Y Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2022-04-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵🎵🎶 https://www.youtube.com/embed/gm-TcZjl0F0 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2022-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sesay Santigie abdulai. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Bubu community wind/percussion ensemble, personal names uncredited Bubu musicians 1997 https://www.youtube.com/embed/nbZktxcYFPs Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: West Africa Heritage Consultants. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Heritage source explicitly identifies actual Bubu musicians1997; short coherent musical excerpt remains useful and is not newly dated from2022upload. Documented performance/session: 1997. Video publication: 2022-01-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] popular unknown 1997 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: West Africa Heritage Consultants. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Heritage source explicitly identifies actual Bubu musicians1997; short coherent musical excerpt remains useful and is not newly dated from2022upload. Documented performance/session: 1997. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited BuBu music in appreciation https://www.youtube.com/embed/Afz2-5jmvps Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Michael Cooley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual Bubu music played in appreciation; musical performance is not an explanatory training video. Video publication: 2021-11-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Michael Cooley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary observer identifies actual Bubu music played in appreciation; musical performance is not an explanatory training video. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited AFRICA BEST BUBU INSTRUMENTAL SOUND https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijoxy6U9ONE Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: CASM-media . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2021-09-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: CASM-media . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited sweet temne bubu song February 15/2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7kxnr19WRI Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2021-02-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone bubu https://www.youtube.com/embed/6GddMasfUVI Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2020-11-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Mohamed kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Salone bubu https://www.youtube.com/embed/foyV6QtVjjs Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2020-05-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: alpha “m” kamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Traditional music/ Temne tribe Sierra Leone https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6u6RiYHFWc Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Fatmatta Conteh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2020-04-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Fatmatta Conteh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Temneh play https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwCWV5xsdKg Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sierra Leone Music Box. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2019-06-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Sierra Leone Music Box. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu singers and wind/percussion musicians, personal names uncredited Sierra leone oldest culture (bubu) https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wv_s7OtR8og Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Algasim . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. Video publication: 2019-03-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Algasim . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named Bubu/Temne musical rendition, with honest community collective credit rather than a fabricated singer from channel names. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu musicians at East African Global Music Campus, individuals uncredited Sierra Leone - Sweet Bubu https://www.youtube.com/embed/wz-3DuITxec Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: globalmusicberlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary programme source documents actual Sweet Bubu live October2018. Do not miscredit Janka Nabay, whose name is absent, or change repertoire country from foreign venue. Documented performance/session: 2018-10. Video publication: 2019-02-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] popular unknown 2018-10 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: globalmusicberlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary programme source documents actual Sweet Bubu live October2018. Do not miscredit Janka Nabay, whose name is absent, or change repertoire country from foreign venue. Documented performance/session: 2018-10. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Sierra Leone cultural bubu songs https://www.youtube.com/embed/E-U4_O2nxRk Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Amadu A Jalloh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. Video publication: 2019-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Amadu A Jalloh. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific community Bubu musical rendition with wind/percussion/vocal identity explicit. Personal names and original session dates unknown, rather than substituting uploader as musician. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang live at 53 Eagle Street on August 21, 2010 https://www.youtube.com/embed/qdFk7hP06U4 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: unARTigNYC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual full musical live set at53Eagle Street,Brooklyn21August2010; no shorter cut from this same source counted additionally. Foreign performance does not erase Sierra Leonean Bubu repertoire. Documented performance/session: 2010-08-21. Video publication: 2018-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] popular unknown 2010-08-21 live unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: unARTigNYC. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual full musical live set at53Eagle Street,Brooklyn21August2010; no shorter cut from this same source counted additionally. Foreign performance does not erase Sierra Leonean Bubu repertoire. Documented performance/session: 2010-08-21. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang Live at Balliceaux 6/5/14 https://www.youtube.com/embed/acVGMKpTNdk Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Chris Bopst. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual live Balliceaux musical take5June2014 documented by organiser/recordist Chris Bopst. Documented performance/session: 2014-06-05. Video publication: 2017-11-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] popular unknown 2014-06-05 live unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Chris Bopst. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual live Balliceaux musical take5June2014 documented by organiser/recordist Chris Bopst. Documented performance/session: 2014-06-05. false false false
Sierra Leone Bubu ensemble, personal names uncredited Bubu Music https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Srfj9qB4FU Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: MK A Rahman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu musical rendition identified as such by source; photographer/channel names not substituted as singers. Video publication: 2016-11-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] popular unknown unknown unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: MK A Rahman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Bubu musical rendition identified as such by source; photographer/channel names not substituted as singers. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang at Global Union https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ms0E7qTbJ8 Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: jazzbo43. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Alverno Presents Global Union,Milwaukee21September2013 musical take. Documented performance/session: 2013-09-21. Video publication: 2013-09-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] popular unknown 2013-09-21 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: jazzbo43. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Alverno Presents Global Union,Milwaukee21September2013 musical take. Documented performance/session: 2013-09-21. false false false
Janka Nabay; Boshra Al-Saadi; Michael Gallope; Jonathan Leland; Jason McMahon; Doug Shaw Janka Nabay and The Bubu Gang @ Metro Gallery https://www.youtube.com/embed/tAfr5KZwt5M Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: From The Land Of Pleasant Living. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Metro Gallery Baltimore June2013full musical set; source distinguishes Janka/Boshra voices,Michael keyboards,Jonathan drums,Jason bass,Doug guitar. No additional overlapping cuts selected. Documented performance/session: 2013-06. Video publication: 2013-06-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] popular unknown 2013-06 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: From The Land Of Pleasant Living. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Metro Gallery Baltimore June2013full musical set; source distinguishes Janka/Boshra voices,Michael keyboards,Jonathan drums,Jason bass,Doug guitar. No additional overlapping cuts selected. Documented performance/session: 2013-06. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang @ The Chicago Cultural Center 092712 https://www.youtube.com/embed/oCVT91oN9Jw Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: rpmime. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Chicago Cultural Center World Music Festival performance27September2012; upload28September is separate. Documented performance/session: 2012-09-27. Video publication: 2012-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[39] popular unknown 2012-09-27 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: rpmime. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Chicago Cultural Center World Music Festival performance27September2012; upload28September is separate. Documented performance/session: 2012-09-27. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang – En Yay Sah (Official Audio) https://www.youtube.com/embed/7z5VKqh35kI Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Luaka Bop. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary Luaka Bop release En Yay Sah. Actual album work, not a newly dated2026upload or anonymous current producer. Video publication: 2012-08-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[40] popular unknown unknown audio unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Luaka Bop. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary Luaka Bop release En Yay Sah. Actual album work, not a newly dated2026upload or anonymous current producer. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - "Rotin" | Music 2012 | SXSW https://www.youtube.com/embed/YdkZrISVbfg Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: SXSW. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary SXSW2012 focused live Rotin and Ro Lungi performances. Actual band playing is distinguished from label studio masters; promotional superlatives/history are not adopted as facts. Documented performance/session: 2012. Video publication: 2012-05-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[41] popular unknown 2012 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: SXSW. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary SXSW2012 focused live Rotin and Ro Lungi performances. Actual band playing is distinguished from label studio masters; promotional superlatives/history are not adopted as facts. Documented performance/session: 2012. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - "Ro Lungi" | Music 2012 | SXSW https://www.youtube.com/embed/SYcxqNwr7TI Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: SXSW. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary SXSW2012 focused live Rotin and Ro Lungi performances. Actual band playing is distinguished from label studio masters; promotional superlatives/history are not adopted as facts. Documented performance/session: 2012. Video publication: 2012-05-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[42] popular unknown 2012 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: SXSW. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary SXSW2012 focused live Rotin and Ro Lungi performances. Actual band playing is distinguished from label studio masters; promotional superlatives/history are not adopted as facts. Documented performance/session: 2012. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang -- EH MANE AH -- Glasslands Gallery 3.8.12 https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBRobRddHaA Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Matt Marlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Eh Mane Ah live Glasslands Gallery8March2012. Director Matt Marlin,Emilio Oliveira camera and Jonathan Schenke sound are not extra vocalists. Documented performance/session: 2012-03-08. Video publication: 2012-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[43] popular unknown 2012-03-08 unknown unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Matt Marlin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Eh Mane Ah live Glasslands Gallery8March2012. Director Matt Marlin,Emilio Oliveira camera and Jonathan Schenke sound are not extra vocalists. Documented performance/session: 2012-03-08. false false false
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang @ The Cake Shop, Live Oct. 19 2010 https://www.youtube.com/embed/iVYtiARdDyw Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Chief Boima. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary musician-source Eh Congo live Cake Shop19October2010, a different performance from Eagle Street. Documented performance/session: 2010-10-19. Video publication: 2010-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[44] popular unknown 2010-10-19 live unknown country:Sierra Leone supported Recording/context source Reviewed Bubu musical recording. Source: Chief Boima. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary musician-source Eh Congo live Cake Shop19October2010, a different performance from Eagle Street. Documented performance/session: 2010-10-19. false false false

Related genres

Hip-hop intersects through modern hybrids. Krio gumbe is a separate Sierra Leonean social repertoire with different instruments and community history. [1]

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bubu in Sierra Leone, 2017. Access note: Full relevant text read; embedded media not investigated.
  2. ↑ Bakitenno - Janka Nabay (Official Video).
  3. ↑ Bubu cultural singers in Africa Sierra Leone 🇸🇱.
  4. ↑ Best to Best Bubu Music Celebration in Africa Sierra 🇸🇱.
  5. ↑ Traditional BUBU procession with the magical bamboo flutes - Temne culture (Sierra Leone).
  6. ↑ 🔥 Twice Ice - BuBu Dance Instrumental | 2024 SIERRA LEONE MUSIC 🇸🇱 | Music Sparks.
  7. ↑ Sierra Leone got the best BuBu Instrumental in Africa. #foryou #africa #music.
  8. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu dance by the Temne tribe December 2023.
  9. ↑ magbando bubu association local language tegbeh sierra Leone west Africa.
  10. ↑ Sierra Leone Bubu Sound Sierra Leone Cultural Music video 2023.
  11. ↑ African Village Life, (Sierra Leone 🇸🇱) Celebration With Bubu Music.
  12. ↑ Bubu 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱.
  13. ↑ African Village Life, (Sierra Leone SL) Bubu Music Culture Celebration Day (Full Video).
  14. ↑ Bubu Music by Weyone Cultural Theatre - Kroo bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 2022.
  15. ↑ Augu-B Bondo Lol Official Video.
  16. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu.
  17. ↑ Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Temne culture bubu.
  18. ↑ Bubu music in Sierra Leone in celebration of the agricultural training program.
  19. ↑ Bubu dance from Sierra Leone..
  20. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵🎶🎵🎶.
  21. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵.
  22. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu music 🎵🎵🎶.
  23. ↑ Bubu musicians 1997.
  24. ↑ BuBu music in appreciation.
  25. ↑ AFRICA BEST BUBU INSTRUMENTAL SOUND.
  26. ↑ sweet temne bubu song February 15/2021.
  27. ↑ Sierra Leone bubu.
  28. ↑ Salone bubu.
  29. ↑ Traditional music/ Temne tribe Sierra Leone.
  30. ↑ Temneh play.
  31. ↑ Sierra leone oldest culture (bubu).
  32. ↑ Sierra Leone - Sweet Bubu.
  33. ↑ Sierra Leone cultural bubu songs.
  34. ↑ Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang live at 53 Eagle Street on August 21, 2010.
  35. ↑ Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang Live at Balliceaux 6/5/14.
  36. ↑ Bubu Music.
  37. ↑ Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang at Global Union.
  38. ↑ Janka Nabay and The Bubu Gang @ Metro Gallery.
  39. ↑ Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang @ The Chicago Cultural Center 092712.
  40. ↑ Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang – En Yay Sah (Official Audio).
  41. ↑ Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - "Rotin" | Music 2012 | SXSW.
  42. ↑ Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - "Ro Lungi" | Music 2012 | SXSW.
  43. ↑ Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang -- EH MANE AH -- Glasslands Gallery 3.8.12.
  44. ↑ Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang @ The Cake Shop, Live Oct. 19 2010.

Hotspot mushrooms

Northern and western Sierra Leone and connected village communities. Freetown, national celebrations, urban hybrids and a specific international migrant scene. Fields distinguish the community heartland from specifically documented wider use; political borders and population totals do not determine intensity.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
bubu-temne Northern and western Sierra Leone social landscape 9.05 -12.4 240 0.72 Community/processional repertoire with national popular transformations; an export artist is not a national audience measurement.
bubu-freetown Freetown popular adaptation public 8.45 -13.18 150 0.48 Community/processional repertoire with national popular transformations; an export artist is not a national audience measurement.
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