Jimmy B
Jimmy B, born Jimmy Bangura, is a Sierra Leonean musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer. He has been called the "Godfather of Sierra Leone music".[1]
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Life
Jimmy B acted in the Eddie Murphy's 1988' romantic comedy Coming to America before moving to South Africa, setting up a music studio there and achieving success as a musician.[2] After the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War in 2002, Jimmy B facilitated the release of several hip hop albums and compilations from Paradise Studio.[3]
In 2014 Bangura privately funded Ebola 4 Go, a video educating people about ebola.[4] He has presented The Jimmy B Show, a radio show on Freetown's AiRadio which specializes in Sierra Leonean music.[5]
In 2019 his teenage son drowned in the United States of America.[6]
Films
- Paradise Island, 2009
- Guardian of the Throne, 2014
- A Stitch in Time, 2014
- The British Expert, 2019
References
- ↑ Ibrahim Tarawallie, West Africa: Top West African Musicians to Light Up Freetown, Concord Times, 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Joe Lamin, Sierra Leone: The Rebirth of Sierra Leone Music; the Death of Its Virtue, Concord Times, 8 January 2004.
- ↑ Kemurl Fofanah, Hip hop in Sierra Leone, Music in Africa, 15 Jan 2018.
- ↑ Sierra Leone’s Most Beautiful People 2014, SwitSalone Magazine, 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Esther Kamara, Music and media in Sierra Leone, Music in Africa, 18 September 2017.
- ↑ Salone Borbor, Sadness, As Sierra Leone Veteran Singer Jimmy B Lost His Son, Salone Songs, June 2019.
External links
- Jimmy B at the Internet Movie Database