Manu Dibango in concert in Abidjan in June 2018. - Sia KAMBOU / AFP

A Friday evening with Manu Dibango. This is what the chain Melody, specialized in music from the 1960s to the 1990s, will offer, after having decided to shake up its programming after the announcement on Tuesday of the death of the Franco-Cameroonian saxophonist and singer, following the Covid-19 .

At 8:40 pm, the evening will begin with the broadcast of a best of issue of the program Salut Manu hosted by the artist in the early 1990s. At 9:30 pm, viewers will find Manu Dibango, but also Jimmy Cliff or Lester Wilson in a re-broadcast of Pulsations . Then, at 10:10 p.m., the channel will broadcast the Africa Break concert, recorded in February 2019 at Lille's Saint Sauveur station.

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The chain also announces the broadcasting of several "Chronicles" that Manu Dibango shot last summer with Jean-Pierre Pasqualini.

Note that during this period of confinement, the Melody chain offers the public to discover its programs for free for a minus, via its multi-screen offer. In the dedicated form on its site, you must integrate the promotional code DECOUVREZMELODY and follow the instructions.

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