R.I.P. Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango a giant of afro-jazz and funk has died. He was 86. And had been diagnosed with Coronavirus.

Dibango, from Cameroon, is best remembered for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa – a song Michael Jackson stole from twice; a tune that arrived in time for disco and seemed to exist then and now in its own space and time. An infectious, driving, soul-filled j…