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Manu Dibango
Cameroonian musician
Also known as: Emmanuel Dibango N’Djocke
Manu Dibango (born December 12, 1933, Douala, Cameroon—died March 24, 2020, Paris, France) was a Cameroonian saxophonist, pianist, vibraphonist, and composer whose innovative jazz fusions and wide-ranging collaborative work played a significant role in introducing European and North American audiences to the sounds of West African popular musics between the mid-20th and the early 21st century. Dibango was born into a musical Protestant Christian household to parents who represented two historically rivalrous Cameroonian ethnic groups: his mother was Duala (Douala), and his father was Yabassi. Dibango’s musical aptitude became evident at an early age through his singing at the local ...(100 of 889 words)