Dibussi reviews Makossa Original, a blog “which profiles the major Makossa acts and albums from the 1970s and 1980s, spicing it all up with pictures of rare and long-forgotten album covers and mp3 ...
Soul Makossa by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango dates back to 1972 and is often cited as one of the first disco records ever. By any measure, the record was and remains a staggeringly successful ...
In early 1980, as KCRW’s host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, I decided to start a dedicated African music show along with The music on Pop Makossa is infused with the disco and funk sounds that made ...