Born in 1977 in Mayo-Oulo in the mountains north of Cameroun into the ethnic group "fali and peuls".
Idrissou-Mana, (which is his Muslim name), began his musical life in the traditional music of the Savannah close to the griots and shepherds of his village, Mayo-oulo, a small district of the province of North Garoua (Cameroon). "Mayo" means river and "Oulo" means arrow (in their native spoken language). "Arrow" because his ancestors fought much for the existence of their village against the w...