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{{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]], [[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             = 
| spouse            = {{marriage|Marie-Josée @ Coco|1957|1995|end=d.}}
| 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>

== Early life ==
Emmanuel "Manu" Dibango was born in [[Douala, Cameroon]], in 1933. His father, Michel Manfred N'Djoké Dibango,<ref>{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=xii}}</ref> was a civil servant. Son of a farmer, he met his wife travelling by [[pirogue]] to her residence, Douala.<ref name="Dibango1">{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=1}}</ref> Emmanuel's mother was a fashion designer, running her own small business.<ref name="Dibango4" /> Both her ethnic group, the [[Duala people|Douala]], and his, the [[Yabassi]], viewed this union of different ethnic groups with some disdain.<ref name="Dibango1" /> Dibango had only a stepbrother from his father's previous marriage,<ref name="Dibango2">{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=2}}</ref> who was four years older than him.<ref name="Dibango8">{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=8}}</ref> In Cameroon, someone's ethnicity is dictated by their father, though Dibango wrote in his autobiography, ''Three Kilos of Coffee'', that he had "never been able to identify completely with either of [his] parents".<ref name="Dibango2" />

Dibango's uncle was the leader of his extended family. Upon his death, Dibango's father refused to take over, as he never fully initiated his son into Yabassi customs. Throughout his childhood, Dibango slowly forgot the Yabassi language in favour of the [[Duala language|Douala]]. However, his family did live in the Yabassi encampment on the Yabassi plateau, close to the [[Wouri River]] in central Douala.<ref name="Dibango2" /> While a child, Dibango attended [[Protestant]] church every night for religious education, or ''nkouaida''. He enjoyed studying music there, and reportedly was a fast learner.<ref name="Dibango4">{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=4}}</ref>

In 1941, after being educated at his village school,<ref name="rfimusique">{{citation|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6095.asp|title=Biography&nbsp;– Manu Dibango|year=2007|newspaper=[[Radio France Internationale]]|access-date=9 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906180726/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEN/biographie/biographie_6095.asp|archive-date=6 September 2008}}</ref> Dibango was accepted into a colonial school, near his home, where he learned French. He admired the teacher, whom he described as "an extraordinary draftsman and painter".<ref>{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=5}}</ref> In 1944, French president [[Charles de Gaulle]] chose this school to perform the welcoming ceremonies upon his arrival in Cameroon.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dibango|Rouard|Raps|1994|p=6}}</ref>

In 1949, at the age of 15, Dibango was sent by his parents to college in [[Saint-Calais]], France. After that, he attended the lycée de [[Chartres]], where he learned to play the piano.<ref>{{cite magazine|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|title=Mort du saxophoniste Manu Dibango, qui a succombé au Covid-19|first1=Patrick |last1=Labesse|magazine=[[Le Monde]]|language=fr|date=24 March 2020|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> Adopted by the French community there, he quickly assimilated with the local culture and began to settle in the country.<ref name="Dibango life">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-obituary|title=Manu Dibango obituary|last=Ewens|first=Graeme|work=The Guardian|date=24 March 2020|access-date=14 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814043831/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-obituary|archive-date=14 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
After several stints with French jazz clubs, Dibango then moved to Belgium, where his talent attracted the owner of a Bantou club.<ref name="Dibango life"/> He was then signed up by [[Le Grand Kallé|Joseph Kabasele]], whose band, [[Le Grand Kallé et l'African Jazz]] (African Jazz), spearheaded a Congolese musical revolution in Africa. While in the Belgian capital of [[Brussels]], he met his wife, a Belgian actress, model, and photographer named Marie-Josée (known as Coco), whom he married in 1957.<ref name="Dibango life"/><ref name="Coco Dibango">{{cite news|url=https://www.camerounweb.com/CameroonHomePage/features/Il-y-a-30-ans-nous-quittait-Coco-le-grand-amour-de-Manu-Dibango-784109|title=Il y a 30 ans nous quittait Coco, le grand amour de Manu Dibango|trans-title=30 years ago, Coco, Manu Dibango's great love, left us|last=Ketch|first=Arol|lang=fr|work=CamerounWeb|date=14 July 2025|access-date=14 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814045926/https://www.camerounweb.com/CameroonHomePage/features/Il-y-a-30-ans-nous-quittait-Coco-le-grand-amour-de-Manu-Dibango-784109|archive-date=14 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Together with Coco, Dibango had with four children: Georgia (1969–2023), Michel, Marva, and [[James BKS]] (born 1982).<ref name="Manu Dibango family">{{cite news|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/manu-dibango-son-heritage-non-regle-ses-enfants-s-opposent-un-an-apres-sa-mort_a430199/1|title=Manu Dibango : Son héritage non-réglé, ses enfants s'opposent un an après sa mort|trans-title=Manu Dibango: His inheritance unsettled, his children oppose each other a year after his death|last=Normandie|first=Lise|lang=fr|work=Purepeople|date=30 March 2021|access-date=14 August 2025|quote=De leur amour est née Georgia. Après avoir été sa choriste puis sa danseuse, elle a repris le management de son père à la mort de sa mère. Manu Dibango a eu 3 autres enfants biologiques qu'il a reconnus : Michel, 44 ans, et Marva, 38 ans, qui ont la même mère, ainsi que Lee James, 38 ans lui aussi, connu sous le nom d'artiste BKS, issue d'une autre relation amoureuse.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814060304/https://www.purepeople.com/article/manu-dibango-son-heritage-non-regle-ses-enfants-s-opposent-un-an-apres-sa-mort_a430199/1|archive-date=14 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1959, Kabasele recorded the pan-African anthem "[[Indépendance Cha Cha]]" and invited him to the Congolese capital of [[Léopoldville]] (present-day Kinshasa) to work together.<ref name="Dibango life"/> Dibango subsequently became a member of the African Jazz and collaborated with many other musicians, including [[Fania All Stars]], [[Fela Kuti]],<ref>[https://tonyallen.bandcamp.com/track/mojo-feat-manu-dibango  Mojo f Manu Dibango] Retrieved 18 April 2022</ref> [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Bernie Worrell]], [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], [[King Sunny Adé]], [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]], and [[Sly and Robbie]]. He achieved a considerable following in the UK with a disco hit called "Big Blow", originally released in 1976 and re-mixed as a {{convert|12|in|adj=on}} single in 1978 on Island Records. In 1998, he recorded the album ''CubAfrica'' with Cuban artist [[Eliades Ochoa]]. At the [[16th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1974, Dibango was nominated in the categories [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance|Best R&B Instrumental Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]] for "Soul Makossa".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/manu-dibango|title=Manu Dibango|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>

The lyrics of the song "Soul Makossa" on the album of the same name contain the word "[[makossa]]", which refers to a style of Cameroonian urban music and means "(I) dance" in Dibango's native tongue, the Cameroonian language [[Duala language|Duala]]. The song has influenced popular music hits, including [[Kool and the Gang]]'s "[[Jungle Boogie]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|title=Wild and Peaceful - Kool & the Gang|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-and-peaceful-mw0000181827|work=Allmusic|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>

In [[RPM (magazine)|Canada]], two other songs ranked on the AC charts. "Pepe Soup" was number 33 in 1974 and "Ashiko Go" was number 21 in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5029.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 AC Singles - June 1, 1974}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3935.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 AC Singles - March 1, 1975}}</ref> His wife Coco died in 1995; while having a difficult time getting over the loss of what he considered his most beloved "Guardian Angel",<ref name="Manu Dibango family"/> Dibango released his religious ''Lamastabastani'' album in the same year, which he said is largely inspired by the late Coco.<ref name="Coco Dibango"/>

He served as the first chairman of the Cameroon Music Corporation, with a high profile in disputes about artists' [[royalties]]. Dibango was appointed a [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]] in 2004.<ref>Ernest Kanjo, "We Want Bread! Cameroonian musicians seem to have lost their creative acumen in their endless battles over money", ''Post Newsmagazine'', September 2006, accessed at {{cite web |url=http://www.postnewsmagazine.com/pages/art03.htm |title=Post newsmagazine |access-date=5 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326142252/http://www.postnewsmagazine.com/pages/art03.htm |archive-date=26 March 2007}} 5 April 2007.</ref><ref>[http://portal0.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25547&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Manu Dibango designated UNESCO Artist for Peace] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014100807/http://portal0.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D25547%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html |date=14 October 2006 }}</ref>

His song "Reggae Makossa" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2006 video game ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''. In August 2009, he played the closing concert at the revived Brecon Jazz Festival.

His song "New Bell" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' in the radio station ''International Funk 99''.

In 1982, [[Michael Jackson]] used the "Ma ma-se, ma ma-sa, ma ma-kossa" hook from Dibango's 1972 single "Soul Makossa", without his permission and without credit, for his 1983 song "[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]" from his superhit 1982 album ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]''. When Dibango found out, he considered suing the megastar, but Jackson was quick to admit that he had borrowed the line and the matter was settled out of court.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sanneh |first1=Kelefa |title=Michael Jackson |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/07/06/michael-jackson |access-date=14 April 2020 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=26 June 2009}}</ref>[[File:Manu Dibango - Stuttgart 17.07.2013 - 2.jpg|thumb|Manu Dibango - Stuttgart 17 July 2013 - 2]]In 2007, [[Rihanna]] sampled the same hook from Jackson's song for her track "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" and did not credit Dibango. When Rihanna had asked Jackson for permission to sample the line, he allegedly approved the request without contacting Dibango beforehand. In 2009, Dibango sued both singers. Dibango's attorneys brought the case before a court in Paris, demanding €500,000 in damages and asking for [[Sony BMG]], [[EMI]] and [[Warner Music]] to be "barred from receiving 'mama-se mama-sa'-related income until the matter is resolved".<ref name="lawsuit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/04/rihanna-michael-jackson-manu-dibango?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Rihanna and Michael Jackson sued by African singer|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=4 February 2009|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> The judge ruled that Dibango's claim was inadmissible: a year earlier, a different Paris-area judge had required Universal Music to include Dibango's name in the liner notes of future French releases of "Don't Stop the Music", and, at the time of this earlier court appearance, Dibango had withdrawn legal action, thereby waiving his right to seek further damages.<ref name="rfi">{{cite news|url=http://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20090218-dibango-recale-face-jackson-rihanna|title=Dibango recalé face à Jackson et Rihanna|last=Lavaine|first=Bertrand|date=18 February 2009|publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]]|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212183303/http://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20090218-dibango-recale-face-jackson-rihanna|archive-date=12 February 2017|access-date=12 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lapresse">{{cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/vie-de-stars/200902/18/01-828531-laction-de-manu-dibango-contre-michael-jackson-et-rihanna-irrecevable.php|title=L'action de Manu Dibango contre Michael Jackson et Rihanna irrecevable|date=18 February 2009|work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212183200/http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/vie-de-stars/200902/18/01-828531-laction-de-manu-dibango-contre-michael-jackson-et-rihanna-irrecevable.php|archive-date=12 February 2017|access-date=12 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2014, he performed an 80th birthday concert at the Olympia in Paris<ref>{{cite web |last1=J. |first1=Caroline |title=Manu Dibango en concert à l'Olympia de Paris pour ses 80 ans |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/scenes/concert-musique/articles/69966-manu-dibango-en-concert-a-lolympia-de-paris-pour-ses-80-ans |website=Sortiraparis.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=fr |date=24 February 2014}}</ref> which was broadcast by TV5Monde.

On 8 September 2015, [[Michaëlle Jean]], Secretary General of the [[Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie]], honoured Manu Dibango with the title of Grand Témoin de la Francophonie aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Rio 2016.<ref>[http://www.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/communique_51_nomination_grand_temoin_francophonie_08-09-2015.pdf ''Francophonie.org''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125052522/http://www.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/communique_51_nomination_grand_temoin_francophonie_08-09-2015.pdf |date=25 November 2015 }}</ref>

==Death==
On 24 March 2020, Dibango died from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] in [[Melun]] near Paris, France.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Dibango life"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Somalia's ex Prime Minister dies of corona virus |url=https://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/somalias-ex-prime-minister-nur-hassan-hussein-nur-adde-dies-of-corona-virus/ez6rn4k |access-date=1 April 2020 |publisher=Facebook |date=1 April 2020}}</ref> The news of his death was confirmed by his family via social media (Twitter). In response, many musicians and fans praised him as a musician and composer. He was 86 year old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossi |first=Andrea |title=Lost To COVID-19, African Jazz Icon Manu Dibango Passes Away At 86 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreabossi/2020/03/24/lost-to-coronavirus-african-jazz-icon-manu-dibango-passes-away-at-86/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Afrique |first=Jeune |date=24 March 2020 |title=Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango dies of coronavirus |url=https://www.theafricareport.com/25017/cameroonian-saxophonist-manu-dibango-dies-of-coronavirus/ |website=theafricareport}}</ref>

==Discography==
===As leader===
{{div col}}
* ''Saxy-Party'' (Mercury, 1969)
* ''Manu Dibango'' (Fiesta, 1971)
* ''Africadelic'' (Mondiophone, 1972)
* ''[[Soul Makossa]]'' (Fiesta, 1972)
* ''O Boso'' (Fiesta, 1972)
* ''African Voodoo'' (PSI, 1972)
* ''Makossa Man'' (Fiesta, 1973)
* ''Super Kumba'' (Fiesta, 1974)
* ''Countdown at Kusini'' (D.S.T., 1975)
* ''Afrovision'' (Fiesta, 1976)
* ''Manu 76''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manu 76, by Manu Dibango|url=https://manudibango.bandcamp.com/album/manu-76|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Manu Dibango}}</ref> (Fiesta, 1976)
* ''Bande Originale du Film Ceddo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceddo (Bande originale du film), by Manu Dibango|url=https://manudibango.bandcamp.com/album/ceddo-bande-originale-du-film|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Manu Dibango}}</ref> (Fiesta, 1977)
* ''A L'Olympia'' (Fiesta, 1977)
* ''L'Herbe Sauvage'' (Fiesta 1977)
* ''Anniversaire Au Pays'' (Fiesta, 1978)
* ''Le Prix De La Liberte'' (Fiesta, 1978)
* ''Home Made'' (Fiesta, 1979)
* ''Gone Clear'' (CRC, 1980)
* ''Piano Solo Melodies Africaines Vol. 1'' (AfroVision, 1981)
* ''Ambassador'' (CRC, 1981)
* ''Waka Juju'' (CRC, 1982)
* ''Mboa'' (AfroVision, 1982)
* ''Soft and Sweet'' (Garima, 1983)
* ''Deliverance Live in Douala'' (AfroVision, 1983)
* ''Surtension'' (Garima, 1984)
* ''Melodies Africaines Vol. 2'' (AfroVision, 1984)
* ''L'Aventure Ambigue'' (Carrere, 1984)
* ''Electric Africa''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electric Africa, by Manu Dibango|url=https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/electric-africa|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Bill Laswell}}</ref> (Celluloid, 1985)
* ''Manu Invite... Akofa Akoussah Au Togo'' (Blackspot, 1983)
* ''Afrijazzy'' (Soul Paris, 1986)
* ''La Fete a Manu'' (Buda Musique, 1988)
* ''Negropolitaines Vol. 1'' (Soul Paris, 1989)
* ''Comment Faire L'Amour Avec Un Negre Sans Se Fatiguer'' (Milan, 1989)
* ''Polysonik'' (Fnac Music, 1990)
* ''Live '91'' (Fnac Music, 1991)
* ''Bao Bao'' (Mau Mau, 1992)
* ''[[Wakafrika]]'' (Fnac Music, 1994)
* ''Lamastabastani'' (Soul Paris, 1995)
* ''Negropolitaines Vol. 2'' (Soul Paris, 1995)
* ''Papa Groove Live 96'' (Wotre Music, 1996)
* ''CubAfrica'' (Melodie, 1998)
* ''Manu Safari'' (Wagram, 1998)
* ''Mboa' Su Kamer Feeling'' (JPS, 2000)
* ''Spirituals'' (Bayard Musique, 2000)
* ''Kamer Feeling'' (JPS, 2001)
* ''From Africa'' (Blue Moon, 2003)
* ''Homage to New Orleans'' (Goya, 2007)
* ''Lion of Africa'' (Global Mix, 2007)
* ''Past Present Future'' (BorderBlaster, 2011)
* ''Ballad Emotion'' (Konga Music, 2011)
* ''Balade en Saxo'' (EGT, 2014)
{{div col end}}

===Compilations===
* ''African Soul - The Very Best Of Manu Dibango (1997)''
* ''Anthology (2000)''
* ''Africadelic - The Best Of Manu Dibango (2003)''
* ''The Rough Guide To Manu Dibango (2004)''

== Citations ==
{{reflist}}

== General sources ==
* {{Citation
 | last1 =Dibango
 | first1 =Manu
 | last2 =Rouard
 | first2 =Danielle
 | last3 =Raps
 | first3 =Beth G
 | year =1994
 | title =Three Kilos of Coffee: An Autobiography
 | place =Chicago
 | publisher =University of Chicago Press
 | isbn =0-226-14491-7
 | oclc =29519086
 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=VNt1YBD1GbEC
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine|title=Manu Dibango|page=48|magazine=Music Technology|date=April 1991|volume=5|issue=5|issn=0957-6606|oclc=24835173}}

==External links==
* {{AllMusic}} {{Bandcamp}} {{Discogs artist}} {{MusicBrainz artist}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316021739/http://www.globalrhythm.net/WorldMusicLegends/ManuDibango.cfm "Manu Dibango" World Music Legends]
* [https://myspace.com/manudibango Manu Dibango's MySpace page]
* {{imdb name|0225073}}

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