Archbishop of Cape Town’s tribute to anti-apartheid hero and trumpeter Hugh Masekela

Posted Jan 24, 2018

[Anglican Communion News Service] The archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has paid tribute to the legendary trumpeter and anti-apartheid campaigner Hugh Masekela, who died Tuesday. He was 78. Masekela was described in one obituary as “one of the world’s finest and most distinctive horn players, whose performing on trumpet and flugelhorn mixed jazz with South African styles and music from across the African continent and diaspora.” But he will also be remembered for his 30-year campaign against apartheid during his exile from South Africa.

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