Zekuhl
| Zekuhl | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Atna Jean Emmanuel Njock |
| Born |
1970 (age 45–46) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | World music |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Website |
zekuhl |
Atna Jean Emmanuel (Manu) Njock,[1] aka Zekuhl, is a singer, guitarist, percussionist and a songwriter of world music. He presents a Bolbo-Jazz style.
He was born in Quebec City in 1970 and raised in Cameroon. His initiation to Cameroonian and Bantu musical traditions, as well as those of the Baka Pygmies who lived near his village of Kaya, began at age four. He masters many Cameroonian musical styles, including the Assiko, the Bolbo, the Bikutsi, the Ndin, the Mangambeu, the Bol, the Makossa, the Mbalè, the Mpeya of the Baka Pygmies.
He is also a Master of the Nkuu (a wooden, cylinder-shaped drum with hollowed-out slits) also known as the African telephone, since it reproduces the sound of spoken language.
Arrived in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) in 1991, he became one of the forerunners of musical diversification in Quebec.
His lyrics are sung in Bàsàa (a Cameroon language), French and English.
Discography
- 1992: Zekuhl
- 1997: Amon
- 2011: I Bolo
Awards
- 2011: nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards «World Solo Artist of the Year»
- 2010: Jean Bikoko Aladin Award (delivered by Cameroonian community figures in Canada)
- 1991: nominated L'Empire des futures stars
References
- ↑ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard (2000). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (2nd ed.). Rough Guides. p. 361. ISBN 9781858286365.
External links
- Zekuhl Official website
- Club Culture: Zekuhl
- African Recording Reviews #5 (several reviews, includes Amon)