- Born
- Died
- Birth nameOdilien Emmanuel Dibango
- Nickname
- Papy Groove
- Manu Dibango was born on December 12, 1933 in Douala, Cameroon. He was a composer and actor, known for Colors (1988), Ride Along (2014) and Parole de flic (1985). He died on March 24, 2020 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France.
- Has supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign.
- He was a saxophonist, best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa. He blended jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country, Cameroon.
- He attended high school in France, where he learned to play the saxophone.
- I play different kinds of music before playing my own. I think that that's very important, to play other people's music. As you are African they expect you always to play African. Forget that. You're not a musician because you're African. You're a musician because you are musician. Coming from Africa, but first, musician.
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