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South African musician (1939–2018)

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018)^[1] was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was 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".

Hugh Masekela was born on April 4, in Wilbank, South Africa.

Hugh Masekela was born on April 4, in Wilbank, South Africa.

To the world, Hugh Masekela was a beloved musician.

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Trumpeter, flugelhorn-player, singer, composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela has passed away after a long battle with prostate cancer.

He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".

Early life

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was born in the township of KwaGuqa in Witbank (now called Emalahleni), South Africa, to Thomas Selena Masekela, who was a health inspector and sculptor and his wife, Pauline Bowers Masekela, a social worker.^[2] His younger sister Barbara Masekela is a poet, educator and ANC activist.

As a child, he began singing and playing piano and was largely raised by his grandmother, who ran an illegal bar for miners.^[2] At the age of 14, after seeing the