When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.
From Hugh Masekela
I lived for music since I could think.
I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.
When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music education was not available for me in South Africa.
I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.
I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.
I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.
In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
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.
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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