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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 we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts.
Hugh Masekela
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Hugh Masekela
Age: 78 †
Born: 1939
Born: April 4
Died: 2018
Died: January 23
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Hugh Ramopolo Masekela
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