Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies of Corona virus (photos)
Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies of coronavirus Manu Dibango won a Grammy Award for his song Soul Makossa. Famous Cameroonian saxophonist Emmanuel N'Djoke Dibango, popularly known as Manu Dibango, has died of coronavirus. He died on Tuesday morning at a hospital outside the French capital, Paris. The 86-year-old jazz musician had last week announced on his Facebook page that he had contracted the coronavirus. He is best known for the 1972 hit Soul Makossa.