Njacko Backo

Njacko Backo
Backo at the Mihadi International Drumming Day, Toronto, 2013
Background information
Born	1958 Bazou, Cameroon
Instrument(s)	Kalimba (drum), African Harp
Website	www.njackobacko.com

Njacko Backo is a musician, poet, writer, composer, performer, and choreographer from Cameroon. He was born in 1958 and raised in a very musical family.^[1] He spent most of his childhood in a village called Bazou in western Cameroon where he was introduced to music. Like most children in his village, he began playing percussion and making instruments. However, with his Grandmother's assistance, Njacko met with the elders of the village who taught him to play music. He studied drumming (toum and kak), kalimba (also called the thumb piano, however, he plays with his fingers), percussion (various instruments), and an African harp called zaa koua.^{[citation needed]}