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Dibango in
Saint-Lazaire
, 2019
Emmanuel N'Djoke Dibango
(12 December 1933 ? 24 March 2020)
[1]
was a
Cameroonian
musician and songwriter. He plays the
saxophone
and
vibraphone
. He developed a musical style fusing
jazz
,
funk
and traditional Cameroonian music. He is best known for his 1972 single "
Soul Makossa
", which charted in the US
Billboard
Hot 100
. He was born in
Douala
.
In March 2020, during the
2019?20 coronavirus pandemic
, Dibango tested positive for
COVID-19
in France.
[2]
On 23 March, he died in
Paris
due to the disease. He was 86.
[1]
