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Hugh Masekela vs. Music of Africa

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions.

African popular music

African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop), like African traditional music, is vast and varied.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Fela Kuti

Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist.

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Graceland (album)

Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube.

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Miriam Makeba

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist.

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Music of West Africa

The music of West Africa has a significant history, and its varied sounds reflect the wide range of influences from the area's regions and historical periods.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel.

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Ray Phiri

Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African guitarist nicknamed "Just Now" Phiri.

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Rhodes University

Rhodes University (Rhodes Universiteit) is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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