Emmanuel Eboa Lotin (August 6, 1942 â October 6, 1997) was a Cameroonian musical artist who created music based on the style of Makossa, native to his home country.
Lotin was born in the city of Douala, in Cameroon. His father was , a Baptist pastor, who died when Eboa was 3. When he was a young child, his leg was paralyzed due to atrophy resulting from a quinine injection.
In 1962, Lotin recorded his first single "Mulema Mwam, Elimba Dikalo". Lotin was regarded as a major figure in the Makossa musical genre.
Lotin died on October 6, 1997.