Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter and a leading voice in the anti-apartheid movement, dies at 78

Hugh Masekela in 2008. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)

By Harrison Smith January 23 Email the author

Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter and singer who formed a musical bridge between two continents, mixing American jazz with African folk in records that made him an early avatar of world music and a joyful standard-bearer of his country’s anti-apartheid movement, died Jan. 23 in Johannesburg. He was 78        .READ MORE

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“VIDEO- Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)” – Hugh Masekela    

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