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Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela

South African jazz trumpeter
With a background in South Africa's township music, he became a leading jazz/world fusion trumpeter and anti-apartheid activist.
BornApril 4, 1939
HometownWitbank, South Africa
Net worth$1 million
SpouseElinam Cofie, Jabu Mbatha
ChildrenSelema Masekela
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Hugh Masekela, the father of South African jazz performing in 1964

Musician and activist Hugh Masekela has died at the age of 78. The man known as the father of South African jazz was a part of the anti-apartheid movement and had a career spanning five decades.Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter, dies aged 78.
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MOVIES & TV SHOWS

Street Journeys
Street Journeys
0h 58min
2012
I Am Thalente
I Am Thalente
1h 28min
2015
Soul Power
Soul Power
PG-13
1h 33min
2009

Albums

Uptownship
Uptownship
1988
Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela
Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela
1978
Home Is Where the Music Is
Home Is Where the Music Is
1972
Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness
Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness
2001
Stimela
Stimela
1994
Beatin' Aroun de Bush
Beatin' Aroun de Bush
1992
Waiting for the Rain
Waiting for the Rain
1985
Main Event
Main Event
1978
Melody Maker
Melody Maker
1977
Colonial Man
Colonial Man
1976
Boy's Doin' It
Boy's Doin' It
1975
I Am Not Afraid
I Am Not Afraid
1974
Promise of a Future
Promise of a Future
1968
Hugh Masekela's Latest
Hugh Masekela's Latest
1967
Grrr
Grrr
1966
Dingolay
Dingolay
2023
Siparia to Soweto
Siparia to Soweto
2023
Mango Tree
Mango Tree
2023
We Are One
We Are One
2020
Rejoice
Rejoice
2020
Slow Bones
Slow Bones
2020
Tapera
Tapera
2019
Masekela '66-'76
Masekela '66-'76
2018
Live at the Record Plant, 24th February 1974
Live at the Record Plant, 24th February 1974
2018
No Borders
No Borders
2016

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