Editing Manu Dibango (section)

{{Short description|Cameroonian musician and songwriter (1933–2020)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Manu Dibango
| image            = LesEscales2019ManuDibango 03 (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Dibango in 2019
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1933|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Douala]], [[French Cameroon]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2020|3|24|1933|12|12|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Melun]], France
| genre            = [[Makossa]], [[Soukous|African rumba]], [[afrofunk]]/[[afrobeat]], [[jazz]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nyamnjoh |first1=Francis B. |last2=Fokwang |first2=Jude |year=2005 |title=Entertaining Repression: Music and Politics in Postcolonial Cameroon |journal=African Affairs |publisher=Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society |volume=104 |issue= 415 |pages=251–274 |doi=10.1093/afraf/adi007}}</ref> traditional
| occupation       = Musician, songwriter
| instrument       = [[Saxophone]], [[vibraphone]]
| years_active     = 1961–2020
| label            = 
| website          = {{URL|manudibango.net}}
}}

'''Emmanuel N'Djoké''' "'''Manu'''" '''Dibango''' (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=24 March 2020 |title=Le saxophoniste Manu Dibango est mort des suites du Covid-19, annoncent ses proches |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/03/24/le-saxophoniste-manu-dibango-est-mort-des-suites-du-covid-19-annoncent-ses-proches_6034197_3382.html |website=Le Monde |location=Paris |agency=AFP |language=fr |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> 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 people|Duala]]. He was best known for his 1972 single "[[Soul Makossa]]". The song has been referred to as the most [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] African song<ref>{{Cite web |last=Durosomo |first=Damola |date=8 May 2020 |title=This video explores the countless songs that sample Manu Dibango's 'Soul Makossa' |url=https://www.okayafrica.com/songs-that-sample-soul-makossa-manu-dibango-african-music-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514010501/https://www.okayafrica.com/songs-that-sample-soul-makossa-manu-dibango-african-music-history/ |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=Okay Africa}}</ref> in addition Dibango, himself, as the most sampled African musician in history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seiboko |first=Refiloe |date=1 July 2020 |title=The Cameroonian rhythm that set the world on fire |work=Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-07-01-the-cameroonian-rhythm-that-set-the-world-on-fire/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702000915/https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-07-01-the-cameroonian-rhythm-that-set-the-world-on-fire/ |archive-date=2 July 2020}}</ref> He died from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] on 24 March 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=24 March 2020 |title=Manu Dibango, Cameroon jazz-funk star, dies aged 86 of coronavirus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-dies-coronavirus-cameroon-jazz-funk |website=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=24 March 2020 |title=Afro-Jazz Star Manu Dibango Dead at 86 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/afro-jazz-star-manu-dibango-dead-at-86/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>