Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A message on his Facebook page reads, “His funeral service will be held in strict privacy, and a tribute to his memory will be ...

The musical artist best known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makossa,” has died of COVID-19, according to Music Times. One of the pioneers of Afro-funk music, saxophonist Manu Dibango died at the age of 86 in ...

The most widely known musician from the African nation of Cameroon, Manu Dibango was one of the pioneers of world music in the early 1970s and remained one of the most internationally celebrated ...

Manu Dibango, the pioneering Cameroonian jazz musician whose song “Soul Makossa” inspired a famous refrain in Michael Jackson’s hit “Wanna Be Starting Something” and one of the most popular break ...

Nuits D'Afrique in downtown Montreal is the biggest African music festival in North America. This year, it's celebrating its 31th anniversary. As... Jul 21, 2017 — Nuits D'Afrique in downtown Montreal ...

Famed African saxophonist Manu Dibango, who came to worldwide fame with the Grammy-nominated hit “Soul Makossa” in the early 1970s, died in Paris on March 24 after contracting the coronavirus. He was ...

Manu Dibango, an Afro-Jazz star best known for his hit single “Soul Makossa,” died March 24 at a hospital in France. He was 86. Mr. Dibango, who lived in France, died after contracting the coronavirus ...

When a B-side called ‘Soul Makossa’ from a then-unknown Cameroonian saxophonist called Manu Dibango blew up in the New York underground disco scene in 1973, a young Michael Jackson was just putting ...

Manu Dibango, the acclaimed Cameroonian saxophonist whose 1972 hit, “Soul Makossa,” would later be sampled by Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and dozens of other musicians, died Tuesday due to ...

Cameroonian jazz musician Manu Dibango has died at the age of 86 from coronavirus. According to a statement, the saxophonist, who inspired what is known as ‘world music’ contracted the deadly Covid-19 ...

The coronavirus has taken the lives of two elderly musicians in Paris: Manu Dibango, a Cameroonian saxophone and vibraphone superstar, and Aurlus Mabele, the king of Congolese soukous music. While ...

The musician Manu Dibango, who has died aged 86 after contracting Covid-19, covered a vast spectrum of styles, from traditional African roots music to jazz, soul, Afrobeat, reggae, gospel, French ...