Many of us know the great guitarists of Africa: Mali’s Ali Farka Toure, Guinea’s Sekou “Diamond Fingers” Diabate, the great bass players of South Africa (Bakhiti Kumalo who played with Paul Simon on ...

PARIS (AP) -- Manu Dibango, who fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music has died with the coronavirus. He was 86. Born in Cameroon, he ...

This week RP celebrates a number of African saxophone kings, including Cameroun's Manu Dibango, South Africans Kippie Moeketsi, Dudu Pukwana and Basil "Mannenburg" Coetze, Nigerian Dexter Johnson, and ...

The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango - best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa - is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The ...

His debut recording as a leader, 1990's Sam I Am, was named one of the top 10 CDs of the year by New York Times jazz critic Peter Watrous. In 1995, he switched to soprano sax exclusively and formed ...

Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango, a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone has died in Paris after contracting the coronavirus. Thierry Durepaire, his music publisher, said ...