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Manu Dibango: Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino de Montreux

Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 3 August 1985

IN MUCH the same way that reggae ultimately required the charismatic presence of Bob Marley to give it international focus, the Modern Music of Africa desperately needs a similar figurehead to infiltrate the Big Money market.

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