Makossa Man Formerly Owned by DJ Afrika Bambaataa
Record company
Atlantic Recording Corporation
Performing artist
Manu Dibango
Producer
Rolande Le Couviour
Licensor
Societe Francaise Du Son
Mixing engineer
Donald C. Hahn
Recording engineer
Fernando Braso
Mixing engineer
Brad Davis
Date1973
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD) (jacket): 12 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (30.798 × 31.433 cm)
Overall (HWD) (sleeve): 11 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (30.163 × 30.798 cm)
Overall (Diameter) (disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (HWD) (sleeve): 11 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (30.163 × 30.798 cm)
Overall (Diameter) (disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.854.7.A-.C
Text EntriesMakossa Man, a Jazz, Funk, Soul, Folk, album by Manu Dibango, was released in 1974 on Atlantic Records. Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango (b.1933-202) is a saxophonist from Douala, Cameroon, who was originally trained in classical piano where his musical career began in Brussels and Paris in the 1950s.
A man is wearing traditional African wear posing with two raised fists with a saxophone hanging off his neck. Manu Dibango Makossa Man is printed across the top of the cover.
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