Music of the month!

Hugh Masekela

•   Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was born on in South Africa on the 4^th of April 1939, and died recently on the 23^rd of January 2018.
•  He was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer.
•   He has been described as "the father of South African jazz." Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs.

Apartheid was a system in place in South Africa that separated people based on their race and skin colour. There were laws that forced white people and black people to live and work apart from each other.