Update: Hugh Masekala passed away on January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 78. It was an honor to have had Hugh and his band visit WFUV for this interview and performance. Hugh ...

Legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, the South African government announced on its official Twitter page. He was 78. Known as the father of ...

WB Records: 1-25566 (on container: 25566-1). Words in English and in Sotho, Tswana, and Zulu with English translations on container. Issued also as cassette. Hugh Masekela, vocals, trumpet, flügelhorn ...

He was born in 1939 in South Africa at a time when the rights of the black population were nonexistent. In the absence of a good fairy leaning over his cradle in a township, the young adolescent ...

But it wasn’t just love of music that made the future trumpet player, flugelhornist and singer want to escape reality — it was the infamous South African apartheid system of government that was first ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela, known as the "father of South African jazz" who used his music in the fight against apartheid, has died from prostate cancer, his family ...

Family and friends of Hugh Masekela offer a guided tour through South Africa via their own travels with and remembrances of the musician. “I need you to see South Africa, and I need you to know how ...

After a long battle with prostate cancer, South African jazz artist and musical legend Hugh Masekela has died at age 78. His family released a statement announcing his death. “A loving father, brother ...