Maestro Manu Dibango Set to Jazz It Up at Kenyan Festival

Cameroonian jazz legend Manu Dibango is set to headline Safaricom's International Jazz Day celebrations on May 1, in Nairobi. Dibango is most famous for his Grammy Award-winning track Soul Makossa. The song topped the charts in 1973 and was covered by various musicians including the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, and Barbados singer Rihanna.

Manu Dibango.

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