Soul Makossa / Lily
Album Summary
Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango 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. He was best known for his 1972 single "Soul Makossa". The song has been referred to as the most sampled African song in addition Dibango, himself, as the most sampled African musician in history. He died from COVID-19 on 24 March 2020.
Tracklist
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A Soul Makossa
4:30
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B Lily 3:20
Total Runtime: 7:50
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Artist Discography
Saxy‐Party (1969)
L’African‐Team (1970)
Manu Dibango (1971)
African Voodoo (1972)
Africadelic (1972)
O Boso (1972)
Soul Makossa (1973)
Makossa Man (1974)
Super Kumba (1974)
Manu 76 (1976)
Afrovision (1976)
Manu Dibango (1978)
Home Made (1979)
Gone Clear (1980)
Ambassador (1981)
Mboa (1982)
Waka Juju (1982)
Soft and Sweet (1983)
Piano Solo, Mélodies Africaines, Volume 1 (1983)
Mélodies africaines, Volume 2 (1984)
Surtension (1984)
Electric Africa (1985)
Afrijazzy (1986)
Deliverance (1987)
Lion of Africa (1989)
Polysonik (1990)
Négropolitaines, volume 2 (1992)
Wakafrika (1994)
Négropolitaines, volume 1 (1994)
Lamastabastani (1995)
Dance With Manu Dibango (1995)
Bao Bao (1996)
Disque d’or (1997)
CubAfrica (1998)
Spirituals (2000)
Mboa’ Su (2000)
Kamer Feeling (2001)
Sax & Spirituals Lamastabastani (2006)
Hommage à la Nouvelle‐Orléans (2007)
African Woodoo (2008)
Sax Lounge Emotion (2010)
Past Present Future (2011)
Balade en saxo (2013)
Dany Doriz Big Band (2014)
Lagos Go Slow (2016)
Africa Boogie (2016)
Manga Bolo (2016)
Aloko Party (2016)
M & M (2017)
Deliverance (Live in Douala) (2018)
From Africa (2018)
Anbessa (2022)
