Jimmy B Explained
| Jimmy B |
| Birth Name: | Jimmy Bangura |
| Nationality: | Sierra Leonean |
| Occupation: | musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer. |
Jimmy B, born Jimmy Bangura, is a Sierra Leonean musician, filmmaker, producer and entertainer.[1] He has been called the "Godfather of Sierra Leone music".[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
In 2014 Bangura privately funded Ebola 4 Go, a video educating people about ebola.[5] He has presented The Jimmy B Show, a radio show on Freetown's AiRadio which specializes in Sierra Leonean music.[6]
In 2019 his teenage son drowned in the United States of America.[7]
Films
- Paradise Island, 2009
- Guardian of the Throne, 2014
- A Stitch in Time, 2014
- The British Expert, 2019
Notes and References
- Book: African Visionaries. Sub-Saharan Publishers. 2019. 978-9988-8829-9-0. Dakubu. University of Ghana inaugural lectures. 140–148. Jimmy B: Music for Peace. Mary Esther Kropp. Asante. Eva Maria. https://books.google.com/books?id=NYeEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA140.
- 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.
- http://www.switsalone.com/20708_switsalone-magazine-sierra-leones-most-beautiful-people-2014/ Sierra Leone’s Most Beautiful People 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.
