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The apartheid people were actors, and they had to act out their part in their beliefs every day. That's why we always saw them as being comedic.

~Hugh Masekela

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I don't think I have the power to forgive.

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I think the most difficult thing that has had to happen in South Africa for the previously disadvantaged communities is they had to reconcile that the oppressor has been enriched and the establishment is now making five or 10 times more profit than they were during the time the economic embargo was on them.

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Corruption is everywhere, man.

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In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not have the ability to organize and to gain even a slight semblance of power.

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I want to see Nelson walking down the streets of South Africa; I want to see him walking hand-in-hand with Winnie Mandela.

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I'm not a Christian. My participation in music is so full blast, 24 hours a day. And that's my religion. I think I'm as spiritual as the pope, because I spend as much time in my spirituality as he does.

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I have a major respect for nature. I'm an environmentalist.

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I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I just - I lived for music since I could think. And they got me piano lessons. So by the time I was 13, I was quite an accomplished piano player and musician.

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I got possessed by music as an infant.

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Musician

Born: April 4th, 1939

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