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Manu Dibango(1933-2020)

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Music Department
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A documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.
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Soul Power (2008)
Manu Dibango was born on 12 December 1933 in Douala, Cameroon. He was a composer and actor, known for Colors (1988), Ride Along (2014) and Cop's Honor (1985). He died on 24 March 2020 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France.
BornDecember 12, 1933
DiedMarch 24, 2020(86)
BornDecember 12, 1933
DiedMarch 24, 2020(86)
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Known for

Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in Colors (1988)
Colors
6.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 1988
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart in Ride Along (2014)
Ride Along
6.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 2014
Alain Delon in Cop's Honor (1985)
Cop's Honor
5.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1985
Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Alfre Woodard, and Zelda Harris in Crooklyn (1994)
Crooklyn
7.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 1994

Credits

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Composer

  • Cerrone Feat. Manu Dibango: Funk Makossa
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • FestiBal de Jablines '14: Face au monde (Cie Existence) (2014)
    FestiBal de Jablines '14: Face au monde (Cie Existence)
    Short
    • original music by
    • 2014
  • Strain Hunters (2010)
    Strain Hunters
    8.2
    Short
    • Wakafrika
    • 2010
  • Mathis Cano in Kirikou découvre les animaux d'Afrique (2007)
    Kirikou découvre les animaux d'Afrique
    7.1
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2007
  • Rihanna in Rihanna: Don't Stop the Music (2007)
    Rihanna: Don't Stop the Music
    6.4
    Music Video
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
    Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 2005
  • Kounandi
    8.5
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • João Roldan in Hollow City (2004)
    Hollow City
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • The Silence of the Forest (2003)
    The Silence of the Forest
    6.5
    • music
    • 2003
  • September 11 (2002)
    September 11
    6.8
    • Composer
    • original music composer (segment "Burkina-Faso")
    • 2002
  • Nha Fala (2002)
    Nha Fala
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 2002
  • Black Dju (1996)
    Black Dju
    6.5
    • music
    • 1996
  • 3000 scénarios contre un virus (1994)
    3000 scénarios contre un virus
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • Lumière noire (1994)
    Lumière noire
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • Children of Africa
    6.7
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1993

Actor

  • Africa Live: The Roll Back Malaria Concert (2006)
    Africa Live: The Roll Back Malaria Concert
    TV Movie
    • 2006
  • Africa Live: The Roll Back Malaria Concert (2005)
    Africa Live: The Roll Back Malaria Concert
    Video
    • 2005
  • Youssou N'Dour in Africa Live! The Roll Back Malaria Concert (2005)
    Africa Live! The Roll Back Malaria Concert
    TV Mini Series
    • 2005
  • Le Lion (1999)
    Le Lion
    Short
    • 1999
  • Black Dju (1996)
    Black Dju
    6.5
    • 1996
  • Cédric Bessière, Jérémie Covillault, Jérôme Gamet, Régis Igonnet, Mathieu Busson, and Pénélope Schellenberg in Les compagnons de l'aventure (1989)
    Les compagnons de l'aventure
    5.7
    TV Series
    • 1989

Music Department

  • Der neue gute Deutsche (2024)
    Der neue gute Deutsche
    • Music Department
    • 2024
  • Dieudonné Kabongo and Yves Mba in The Draughtsmen Clash (1997)
    The Draughtsmen Clash
    7.3
    Short
    • composer: song "Africa dipanda" (as Manu Dibongo)
    • 1997
  • Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Tom Aldredge, and Greg Morris in Cool Red (1976)
    Cool Red
    5.7
    • conductor
    • 1976

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Soul Power
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Soul Power

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Manu Dibongo
  • Born
    • December 12, 1933
    • Douala, Cameroon
  • Died
    • March 24, 2020
    • Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France(complications from COVID-19)
  • Other works
    Had a #1 song in 1973, "Soul Makossa" (Atlantic)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Has supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign.
  • Quotes
    I play different kinds of music before playing my own. I think that that's very important, to play other people's music. As you are African they expect you always to play African. Forget that. You're not a musician because you're African. You're a musician because you are musician. Coming from Africa, but first, musician.
  • Nickname
    • Papy Groove

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