Manu Dibango

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.

Cubafrica - 2018-10-26T00:00:00.000000Z

M & M - 2017-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Ceddo (Bande originale du film) - 2017-03-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Merci! Thank You!, Vol. 1 - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Ramblin' Sax - 2013-12-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Past Present Future (French version) - 2011-11-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Ballad Emotion - 2011-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Choc 'n Soul (1978-1989 Sessions Reissued By Manu Dibango) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

African Woodoo - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Plays Sidney Bechet: Homage to New Orleans - 2007-03-08T00:00:00.000000Z

From Africa - 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

B Sides - 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Kamer Feeling - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mboa' Su Kamer Feelin' - 2000-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Sax & Spirituals Lamastabastani - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live 96, Papa Groove (Live Au Petit Journal Montparnasse) - 1996-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

A Drum Is a Woman, conte musical de Duke Ellington (Live au Théâtre National de Chaillot en 1996) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wakafrika - 1994-06-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Negropolitaines, Vol. 2 - 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Manu Dibango Live 91 - 1991-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Polysonik - 1990-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Lion of Africa - 1989-11-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Negropolitaines, Vol. 1 - 1989-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

La fête à Manu (Dibango) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Seventie's - 1987-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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