Manu Dibango and Angélique Kidjo, in concert in Avignon, in July 2017. - BERTRAND LANGLOIS / AFP

The announcement of the death of singer and saxophonist Manu Dibango on Tuesday at the age of 86 from the aftermath of the Covid-19 was greeted with great emotion. "OH NO NOT YOU MANU DIBANGO. I don't have the words to translate all my sadness. You were a big brother, a pride for Cameroon and for the whole of Africa ”, reacted the singer Youssou Ndour on Twitter, deploring“ an immense loss ”.

“You have always been there for me from my beginnings in Paris, to these rehearsals two months ago. You are the giant of African music and a magnificent human being, "greeted singer Angelique Kidjo also on Twitter.

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Dear #ManuDibango, you've always been there for me from my beginnings in Paris to this rehearsal just 2 months ago! You re the original Giant of African Music and a beautiful human being. This coda of #SoulMakossa is for you! pic.twitter.com/3pGoICwjCn

- Angelique Kidjo (@angeliquekidjo) March 24, 2020

Franck Riester, the Minister of Culture, writes that “The world of music loses one of its legends. "And to add:" Manu Dibango's generosity and talent knew no boundaries. Each time he went on stage, he gave himself without restraint to his audience to make them vibrate with emotion. I think of his family and loved ones. ”

"He wanted, needed to share his music"

Yves Bigot, CEO of TV5 Monde and ex-producer of Manu Dibango, tweeted his sadness about the death of the man he calls his "big brother": "He taught me so much about life, music and men. He was a huge musician and an incredibly generous human being. "

"Manu Dibango was a musical giant, both of the 20th and of the 21st century". @YvesBigot, director of @ TV5MONDE and ex-producer of the saxophonist addresses a tribute to Manu Dibango, who died at the age of 86. pic.twitter.com/TfQgPxSEb7

- TV5MONDE (@ TV5MONDE) March 24, 2020

In a press release, Jean-Louis Guilhaumon, the director of the Jazz in Marciac festival, recalled a "memorable" evening during the event last summer. “He was in dazzling form, he had given an evening of great tone, of great generosity. (…) He wanted, needed to share his music and he was the tireless cantor of this music thanks to the rapprochement of peoples and human beings ”.

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