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Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango (12 December 1933 - 24 March 2020)

‘Manu’ Dibango was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone, Vibraphone, Pianist. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. 

Harbouring a deep and ongoing concern for the well-being of humanity, he often used his music and his influence to garner support for various humanitarian causes. 

In recognition of his contributions to the development of music as well as his cultivation of cross-cultural dialogue—particularly between Europe, Africa, and North America—through the arts, he was named the UNESCO Peace Artist of the Year in 2004.

He died from Covid-19.

Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Original) 

This song was released in 1972 and started the Disco movement!

Hello everyone, 

I would need some help in order to write a good, credible character for my urban fantasy novel. She is from Cameroon, coming to Paris to study medicine, and, for story-related reasons (spoilers in private if you need more info) she is related to the mythical creature “jengu” or “liengu”. While researching, I had found information on a healing dance Cameroon women practice, but I can’t find it anymore... The jengu/ liengu appears in the traditional beliefs of the Sawa people (Duala, Bakweri...) and I think I remember one of these groups practiced the healing dance too. 

Unfortunately, reliable sources on African mythology are frustratingly difficult to come by, and if any world mythology book mentions it, there’s nothing more but a few pages.

So, to be more precise: if you know anything about one of these two subjects, I’ll be very happy to get some help from you. 

Second point, but just as important: I humbly ask for help for writing this character as a person. As I am a white, European woman, I am afraid of making mistakes due to my complete lack of experience, and I really do not want to end up writing an unrealistic African character. If you can help me with describing her physically, find a good name, or providing any insight to what a Cameroon woman’s life is like from any aspect, I would be very, very grateful. 

I’m in an old school kinda mood tonight! (When am I not lol) 

I’m in an old school Makossa mood tonight.

I’m in an old school, third world, Cameroon music video mood tonight.

I’m in a Gauthi Helle mood tonight.

This is ‘A Moumi’ and I’m posting it solely because I’m in one of those weird moods that take me back to my childhood and to my young parents bumping Makossa music all the time.

C’est vraiment juste un délire. C’est chanté en Douala et les souvenirs se bousculent dans mon cerveau tels des jeunes professionnels à leurs entrevues d’embauche.  

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa (Douala)

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