Atna Jean Emmanuel (Manu) Njock,[1] aka Zekuhl, is a singer, guitarist, percussionist and a songwriter of world music.
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 studied 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 also learned to play 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.
Joining the Quebec music scene as Zekuhl, he at first played the guitar,[3] and later developed a style which included his diverse African influences.