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Hugh Masekela Biography

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela[note 1] (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer. He has been described as "the father of South African jazz." Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home". He also had a number 1 US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".

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It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.

Culture, Loves, Obvious, Period, Periods, World Love

I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor.

Exploiting, Facts, Majority, People, Two, Ways

I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of. . . my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician.

Disappointed, Father, Health, Home, Mother, Running

All my experiences removed geography from my world.

Experiences, Geography, Removed, World

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

Clan, Community, Grew, March, Struggle

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

America, Basically, Like, Real, Talk, Trying

I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts.

1653, Culture, Life, Strikes, Uprising, Way

I think that anybody from the 20th century, up to now, has to be aware that if it wasn't for Louis Armstrong, we'd all be wearing powdered wigs. I think that Louis Armstrong loosened the world, helped people to be able to say "Yeah," and to walk with a little dip in their hip. Before Louis Armstrong, the world was definitely square, just like Christopher Columbus thought.

Armstrong, Loosened, People, Squares, Thinking, World

I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

African, African Music, Culture, Found, Legacy, World

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

People, Prolific, Suffering, Talented, Thinking

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are.

Biggest, Obsession, People, Show, World

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

Africa, Born, Long, World

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

Form, Human, Injustice, Oppose, Thinking

To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.

Airports, Clubs, Men, Security, Travelling