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| Born | April 4, 1939 |
| Hometown | Witbank, South Africa |
| Spouse | Elinam Cofie (m 1999 - 2018) , Jabu Mbatha (m 1981 - 1997) |
| Children | Selema Masekela |
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If You Aren't Watching the X Games, You Should Be
- If you’ve never watched the X Games, this may be the year you want to tune in. I can already hear you asking why in the world you’d want to watch a bunch of people doing tricks on skis and skateboards, and I get it. But hear me out. This year, at ESPN’s high-flying action sports competition, all eyes will be on two Black men who are literally changing the game. The Root spoke exclusively with host Selema Masekela and snowboarder Zeb Powell about how they fell in love with action sports and bring
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TV Host and Producer Selema Masekela Launching Surf Lifestyle Brand Mami Wata in the U.S.
All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. A surf lifestyle brand with a narrative rooted somewhere other than Southern California or Australia was a longtime […]
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In 1969, Woodstock overshadowed a groundbreaking Harlem music festival. Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' rescues it from the forgotten pages of history.
Harlem Cultural Festival was unapologetically Black, from the fashion to the hairstyles to the activism - and even Questlove had no idea it existed.
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Jonas Gwangwa, South African Jazz Musician and Activist, Dead at 83
The Oscar-nominated trombonist used music as a rallying cry against apartheid and spent years in exile
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South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa
Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83. With driving music that fired up Black South Africans’ resistance to repressive white minority rule, Gwangwa left the country rather than submit to apartheid censorship. Other prominent exiled South African musicians included Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba.
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Review: Tony Allen, late Hugh Masekela team up for 'Rejoice'
“Rejoice,” a long-dormant collaboration between legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and the late South African horn player Hugh Masekela, is a swirling, restless album that wisely puts their instruments at the center of the action. Allen is a Paris-based Nigerian native whose reputation was cemented during his long association with the late Fela Kuti but whose long resume also includes supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong.
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Who Is Hugh Masekela? Google Doodle Honors the Jazz Legend and Anti-Apartheid Activist
Who Is Hugh Masekela? Google Doodle Honors the Jazz Legend and Anti-Apartheid Activist
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Google Doodle honors South African jazz great Hugh Masekela
On what would have been his 80th birthday, South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela was honored with a Google Doodle, hopefully exposing the musician to fans who may have never heard him play. > Today the Search Engine @Google is celebrating Hugh Masekela's 80th Birthday with Google Doodle in US, UK, South Africa and few other countries. Happy Birthday Hugh Masekela Visit https://t.co/eMStzSopio to share the link and celebrate with us! HughMasekela80th pic.twitter.com/wTkb5h8AU7> > -- HughMasek
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Google Is Celebrating South African Jazz Legend Hugh Masekela
On what would have been his 80th birthday
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The best anthem for Workers’ Day is Hugh Masekela’s tale about apartheid’s migrant labor system
What is the ultimate song to celebrate Workers’ Day? Many will suggest “The Internationale” which had its roots as a poem written in the aftermath of the Paris Commune in 1871 by Eugène Pottier, a transport worker. Set to music a few years later, it became the anthem for the wider progressive movement. It served…
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The extraordinary life and music of Hugh Masekela
Trumpeter, flugelhorn-player, singer, composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela has passed away after a long battle with prostate cancer. When he cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival, taking time out to deal with his serious health issues, fans were forced to return to his recorded opus for reminders of…
