Hugh Masekela

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has announced that she has broken up with Selema Masekela - the son of the late South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela - with the relationship coming to an end because of what she termed his…
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DESPITE his acclaim with those that might be referred to music or arts gurus, very few people bring up the name Dumi Ngulube when they talk of the country’s greats. Yet in the eyes and ears of those who live and breathe art, Ngulube was the…
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The late international music icon, Oliver Mtukudzi was set to headline Cape Town International Jazz Festival, a two-day concert where international, regional and local jazz artistes are set to perform. The event will happen over the weekend…
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Zimbabwe legendary music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi will this weekend get an honorary patronage award for his contribution the arts industry, as well as for decades of philanthropic work, at this year’s Zimbabwe Achievers Awards in South…
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South Africa-based Bulawayo songbird Berita Khumalo has revealed that she was forced to leave social media last year after being hit by a wave of depression that followed some heartbreak.
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Jazz songstress Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana and Afro-fusion star Victor Kunonga, who were working with the late internationally-acclaimed Hugh Masekela on a yet-to-be-released album, have bemoaned the death of the celebrated South African.
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On the night of August 1, 2015, something fascinating happened in Nyanga.It was a night when Oliver Mtukudzi had a show with Ammara Brown at Montclair Resort and Casino. Before the show, people were excited about seeing Tuku on stage during…
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John Matinde - Roll on a couple of years later, and now on radio, I was now in a position to actually play his songs on radio, and not too long after personally met him in the late 70's. We got on famously, as he did with my compatriots…
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Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died aged 78.
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