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Manu Dibango's “Soul Makossa,” the original “Thriller”

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Written byJennifer Brea
Posted 28 June 2007 16:52 GMT

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Alain Mabanckou writes about famed Cameroonian musician (Fr) Manu Dibango, whose Soul Makossa has “all the rhythm, all the atmosphere” of Michael Jackson's album Thriller, although it debuted 11 years before.

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