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South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela dies

Video. South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela

Updated: 23/01/2018 - 13:18 GMT+1

The man known as the “father of South African jazz”, who used his music to oppose racial segregation, has died aged 78.

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