HUGH MASEKELA
Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter, composer and singer born on the 4th of April 1939. He was also a flugelhornist and cornetist. Described as the South African Father of Jazz Music, Hugh enjoyed worldwide acclaim and wrote the song sang by Miriam Makeba, Soweto Blue. He was also known for being instrumental against apartheid through music. Hugh was a philanthropist on the board of a not-for-profit organization, The Lunchbox Fund that fed students in township schools. He never had a stable marriage and was once married to Miriam Makeba from 1964 t0 1966. Hugh died in 2018 from prostate cancer.
