Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (born 4 April 1939) is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer. He is the father of American television host Sal Masekela. Read full biography of Hugh Masekela →
What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not... →
I'm travelling more than ever. I don't have the answer as to why, but the demand seems to have grown as I've got older.
I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.
I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.
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... →
I'm very interested in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance spaces to... →
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... →
I don't think anybody has ever been able to live up to what they promised. I don't know a government that has ever been successful at that... →
I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.
I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.
I lived for music since I could think.
In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (born 4 April 1939) is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer. He is the father of American television host Sal Masekela.