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The ‘man boy of all ages’ was one of the very best that South Africa – and the world – had to offer
An icon shared with all of Africa
‘This was a man,’ said Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a moving tribute at Hugh Masekela’s funeral in Johannesburg
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"To know Hugh Masekela was indeed to know that no matter class, creed, colour, religion or any other made-up distinctions".
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"This annotated mix of his music is not so much a tribute to a son of the soil than it is a conversation with his music".
Bra Hugh: How Witbank’s soil grew a global music icon
In the absence of an obituary fit to hold the entirety of the man’s illustrious life, we thought it fitting to let his own words breathe another day.