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Njacko Backo was born on 1958 in Bazou, Cameroon, is an A canadian world music musician. Discover Njacko Backo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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Njacko Backo Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Njacko Backo Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Njacko Backo worth at the age of 66 years old? Njacko Backo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. He is from Cameroon. We have estimated Njacko Backo's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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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.
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.
Njacko was born in 1958 Bazou, Cameroon.
At the age of 16 or 17 he left Cameroon and travelled around West Africa, then France before settling in the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands he met ballet dancer Val Woloshyn with whom he started a relationship.
His daughter Clark Backo is an actress.
Njacko currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Njacko is a musician who makes his own instruments, and is one of the new Kalimba players in the Western world.
He also plays the Zaa Koua.
He has worked with African artists, including the late Boubacar Diabaté, Oumar Diayé, and dancer Zab Maboungo.
He formed his band Njacko Backo and Kalimba Kalimba in 1990 and has independently released a total of 11 full-length albums to date.
Njacko has performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Louisiana Folk Festival (Lafayette, LA) and the Houston International Jazz Festival (Houston, TX), among countless other events.
He has also composed music for films including To Walk with Lions, Born Free, and Spirit in the Tree.
In addition to music, Njacko also teaches extensively in the Greater Toronto Area through an organization called Mariposa in the Schools.
He has produced three instructional African drumming CDs and instructional DVDs.
On October 20, 2022, Backo went to the DSBN Academy for a massive presentation in front of thousands of people, about Cameroon and instruments that he plays.
