Desmond Tutu, RIP -- December 26, 2021

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 Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died. He worked against apartheid and continued to work for peace and justice for the rest of his life. At one time or another, almost everyone was mad at him, which is probably a sign that he was on the right track.

Hugh Masekela 75 -- April 4, 2014

Today is the 75th birthday of South African musician and activist Hugh Masekela. He plays the trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet. He was inspired to take up the trumpet when he saw Young Man With a Horn, which was loosely based on the life of Bix Biederbecke.  Masekela played with pioneering jazz groups in South Aftica, but left the country after the Sharpeville Massacre.  He worked against apartheid around the world.  I think I first learned about him when he had his big US hit, "Grazing in the Grass." 

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