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Also known as Jr. Dibbs, Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango

Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020)

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Manu Dibango was a male musician from Cameroon who worked from 1961 until his death in 2020. Born on December 12, 1933, and died on March 24, 2020, he was associated with genres including afrobeat, jazz, funk, and african rumba. He also performed under the pseudonym Jr. Dibbs.

His musical output includes works such as Waka juju, Gone clear, The Rough Guide to Manu Dibango, and Three kilos of coffee. His music has been tagged with descriptors like afro-jazz and afrofunk.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1933
Works
4

Top works

  • Waka juju
  • Gone clear
  • The Rough Guide to Manu Dibango
  • Three kilos of coffee

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Cameroon
Active from
1933-12-12
Active to
2020-03-24
african rumbaafro-jazzafrobeatafrofunkdeath by covid-19jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
258,197
Total plays
1,742,990

Tags

afrobeatjazzafricanfunkworld

Manu Dibango (Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango, December 12, 1933 in Douala, Cameroon-March 24, 2020 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. Leaving Cameroon to France to study, he got to study music where he enrolled for piano lessons. Though a piano student, Manu fell in love with his friend and classmate's instrument, the saxophone. Not having a keyboard at home to rehearse his music lessons, he spent time using his friend's saxophone which has today become his longest

via Last.fm · Manu Dibango

Key facts

Born
Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango , ( 1933-12-12 ) 12 December 1933, Douala , French Cameroon
Died
24 March 2020 (2020-03-24) (aged 86), Melun , France
Genres
Makossa , African rumba , afrofunk / afrobeat , jazz , traditional
Occupations
Musician, songwriter
Instruments
Saxophone , vibraphone
Years active
1961–2020
Spouse
Marie-Josée @ Coco ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; died 1995 ) ​
Website
manudibango .net

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Douala
Place of death
Melun
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
music
Record label
Philips Records
Official website
www.manudibango.net
Image
LesEscales2019ManuDibango 03 (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Manu Dibango
date of birth
1933-12-12
start of work period
1961-00-00
medical condition
COVID-19
date of death
2020-03-24
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
COVID-19
name in native language
Manu Dibango
birth name
Odilien Emmanuel Dibango
end of work period
2020-00-00
pseudonym
Jr. Dibbs
social media followers
19100
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Encyclopedic overview

Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020) was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, while his mother was a Duala. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa". The song has been referred to as the most sampled African song in addition Dibango, himself, as the most sampled African musician in history. He died from COVID-19 on 24 March 2020.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manu Dibango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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