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Portrait of Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango

  • 1933 to 2020
  • from Douala
  • On fono: 24 songs
  • 6 collaborators
  • 6 sources

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Manu Dibango wrote or co-wrote 8 of 24 songs on fono (33%)

  • Credited songs by Manu Dibango span 48 years, 1972 to 2020 (8 songs)

Top songs

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. From African Soul: The Very Best Of

    1. 5
    2. 6
    3. 7

      Wouri

      1997

  6. 8
  7. From Africadelic

    1. 9
    2. 10

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Where the songs were made

Releases

  1. 2022

  2. 2020

  3. 2008

  4. 2004

  5. 1997

  6. 1979

  7. 1973

  8. 1972

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (6)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Manu Dibango is a member of L'African-Team

    Manu Dibango is a member of L'African-Team

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Manu Dibango is from Douala

    Manu Dibango is from Douala

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3Wikidata The genre of Manu Dibango is afrobeat

    The genre of Manu Dibango is afrobeat

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026

  4. 4Wikidata The genre of Manu Dibango is jazz

    The genre of Manu Dibango is jazz

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026

  5. 5Wikidata The genre of Manu Dibango is makossa

    The genre of Manu Dibango is makossa

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026

  6. 6Wikidata The genre of Manu Dibango is soukous

    The genre of Manu Dibango is soukous

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026