South African - Musician | April 4, 1939 - January 23, 2018
I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.
Hugh Masekela
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In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
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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.
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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 encourage native arts and crafts and to explore African history.
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It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.
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I live a very enjoyable life. I understand what moderation is.
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The apartheid people were actors, and they had to act out their part in their beliefs every day. That's why we always saw them as being comedic.
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I don't think I have the power to forgive.
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Corruption is everywhere, man.
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In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not have the ability to organize and to gain even a slight semblance of power.
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I want to see Nelson walking down the streets of South Africa; I want to see him walking hand-in-hand with Winnie Mandela.
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Just because Nelson has been released doesn't mean the government has done us any favors. We have nothing to be grateful for. The government destroyed our country, destroyed our people. If anybody needs amnesty, it is the government.
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