22 April 2008
Luanda — Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, Tuesday in Luanda, received in audience the Cameroonian musician, Manu Dibango, who praised the Government's effort in favour of national reconstruction and improvement of the populations' living standards.
During the audience, Manu Dibango, who has been in the country for a week, offered the president a saxophone, the music instrument he uses most.
Speaking to the press at the end of the audience, the musician said Angola he is coming back to after 26 years, has started to enjoy light, as suffering is coming to an end and the emergence of opportunities to everyone is beginning to appear.
He also expressed the satisfaction to see a country where the citizens see culture as an "important vehicle towards development".
Speaking on the president, he said Jose Eduardo dos Santos is "a calm, and serene man who knows to listen."
Emmanuel N´djoke Dibango, who performed three concerts in Luanda, was born in 1933, in Douala, Cameroon, where he is considered as a golden voice.
Graduated as a classic piano player, the musician started his career in Brussels (Belgium) and Paris (France) in the 1950's. He later became celebrated with the album "Soul Makossa", but plays such other styles as soul, reggae, jazz, blues and electro.
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