Njacko Backo

Musician, composer, dancer, choreographer, author and educator Njacko Backo and his band Kalimba! Kalimba! have been sharing their uplifting music and hope-filled stories with audiences all over North America since 1989. Their incredibly rich "World Beat" sound is driven by African rhythms, layered with other traditional and modern instruments ranging from the ngoni and djembe to the electric guitar and fiddle. In English, French and Bamileke - one of Cameroon's many languages - they sing of life, love, social injustices and other themes inspired by a strong sense of spirit and grassroots wisdom.