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Manu Dibango
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Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020)
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
Discography
- Saxy‐Party1969
- L’African‐Team1970
- Manu Dibango1971
- Africadelic1972
- African Voodoo1972
- O Boso1972
- Soul Makossa1973
- Makossa Man1974
- Super Kumba1974
- Afrovision1976
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 258,197
- Total plays
- 1,742,990
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,921x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,810x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,762x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,742x
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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
Wikidata facts
- 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
- date of death
- 2020-03-24
- 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
Sources (11)
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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