Latest Release
- 17 NOV 2023
- 4 Songs
- Ballad Emotion · 2010
- Manu 76 · 1976
- Cubafrica · 1998
- The Very Best of Manu Dibango: Afro Soul Jazz from the Original Makossa Man · 1972
- Best Of · 2020
- Best Of · 1973
- Best Of · 1973
- Manu 76 · 1976
- A L'olympia · 1977
- Wakafrika · 1994
- 2017
- 2015
- 2008
- 2001
- 1998
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- The Cameroonian sax legend helped mould disco, funk and hip-hop.
Singles & EPs
- 2023
- 1977
Live Albums
- 1991
- 1988
- 1981
- 2020
- 2011
- 2003
- 2002
- 1999
About Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango was Cameroon's, and perhaps Africa's, best-known jazz saxophonist. Also a pianist and vibraphonist, his versatile amalgam of funk, jazz, and various African traditions enabled him to collaborate with an impressive range of musicians during his lengthy career, from Fela Kuti to Sly & Robbie and Herbie Hancock. He was already well into his prolific run when he scored a bona fide international hit with 1972's "Soul Makossa," a song that resonated in popular music for decades and inspired songs by Kool & the Gang, Michael Jackson, and Rihanna. A globe-trotting musician, Dibango lived and worked across the world. His influential career continued into the early 2010s as he wrote, recorded, toured, and challenged himself creatively nearly up until his death in 2020.
- HOMETOWN
- Cameroon
- BORN
- 12 December 1933
- GENRE
- African