Tribute
Pan-African sensation Manu Dibango was not JUST a jazz musician
Bongani Madondo pays tribute to the king of Makossa music, who passed away from Covid-19
05 April 2020 - 00:00
Neither the sky wept nor did the sun break into a twist 'n shout the day Manu Dibango succumbed to Covid-19. The spine-tingly doof-doom-bah! you heard, followed by a pig squeal of electric guitar, was the sound of hipnicks dropping needles on their favourite Dibango "joint". Habashwe...
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