57K views · 2.3K reactions | 70's... "Soul Makossa" : succès qui fera connaître le makossa (style musical camerounais) au monde entier... Une pensée particulière aujourd'hui pour Manu Dibango, célèbre saxophoniste et grande figure de l'afro-jazz, qui nous quitte à l'âge de 86 ans des suites du Covid-19... #ManuDibango #RestezChezVous #StayAtHome | Nostalgies 60'-70'-80' | Facebook

RIP - Manu Dibango- "Soul Makossa" is a song released as a single in 1972 by Cameroon saxophonist and songwriter . In 1972, David Mancuso found a copy in a Brooklyn West Indian record store and often played it at his parties at The Loft. The response was so positive that the few copies of "Soul Makossa" in New York City were quickly purchased The song was subsequently played heavily by Frankie Crocker, who deejayed at WBLS, then New York's most popular black radio station. Since the original rel