Roger Milla remains best known as a veteran forward with an iconic celebration but he was a terrific talent that Claude Roy once compared to Pele. Over 33 years later, Roger Milla’s iconic celebration ...

'Pop Makossa' stars Eko on stage in 1978 at Douala's Cinéma Le Wouri As a style, makossa predated Dibango’s single. Born in Cameroon, it fused musical genres from the region and further afield. The ...

His 1972 hit “Soul Makossa” arrived at the dawn of the disco era and made its way to dance floors across the United States, Europe and Africa. By Jon Pareles This obituary is part of a series about ...

Manu Dibango, who has died in Paris of Covid-19 aged 86, brought African music into western clubs and charts with his breakthrough 1972 hit “Soul Makossa”. This supremely funky single would go on to ...

In many ways, makossa may have been the first dance trend of the 2000s because it spilt over from the 1990s. What changed in 2000? It was the period when digital media, the Nigerian media structure ...

As a style, makossa predated Dibango’s single. Born in Cameroon, it fused musical genres from the region and further afield. The liner notes of Pop Makossa explain “If makossa could be expressed as a ...