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Dibango, Manu, 1933-2020

LC control no.n 91010968
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LC classificationML419.D53 Biography
Personal name headingDibango, Manu, 1933-2020
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Variant(s)Dibango, Manu, 1933-
Dibango N'Djocké, Emmanuel, 1933-2020
N'Djocké Dibango, Emmanuel, 1933-2020
N'Djocké, Emmanuel Dibango, 1933-2020
Associated countryCameroon
LocatedFrance Belgium
Birth date1933-12-12
Death date2020-03-24
Place of birthDouala (Cameroon)
Place of deathParis (France)
AffiliationUnesco
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Saxophonists
Found inHis Trois kilos de café, c1989: title page (Manu Dibango) page 8 (DIBANGO N'DJOCKÉ Emmanuel; son of Monsieur et Madame N'DJOCKÉ DIBANGO Michel Manfred; b. 12-12-33)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dibango, Manu; Emmanuel Dibango N'Djoké; jazz musician; born 12 December 1933 in Douala, Cameroon; completed his secondary education in Reims; moved to Belgium; moved to the city of Kinshasa; from 1965 to 1969, performed with the noted jazz artists Dick Rivers and Nino Ferrer; received many awards, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Peace Artist of the Year in 2004)
The guardian, Mar 24, 2020, (died Mar. 24, 2020, Paris, of Covid-19)
   <https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-dies-coronavirus-cameroon-jazz-funk>