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]
^Dakubu; Mary Esther Kropp; Asante; Eva Maria, eds. (2019).
"Jimmy B: Music for Peace". African Visionaries. University of Ghana inaugural lectures. Sub-Saharan Publishers. pp. 140–148.
ISBN978-9988-8829-9-0.