NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Manu Dibango on 5 October 2021. Manu Dibango has been played on NTS over 150 times, featured on 131 episodes and was first played on 24 February 2013.

Manu Dibango (Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango, December 12, 1933 in Douala, Cameroon-March 24, 2020 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. Leaving Cameroon to France to study, he got to study music where he enrolled for piano lessons. Though a piano student, Manu fell in love with his friend and classmate's instrument, the saxophone. Not having a keyboard at home to rehearse his music lessons, he…