Manu Dibango
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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
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 258,197
- Total plays
- 1,742,990
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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
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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