"When people campaign for positions, they promise people……" — Hugh Masekela
"When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things."
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Hugh Masekela
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15 Quotes by Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela has 15 quotes on this site.
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My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,
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I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something…
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When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education,…
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Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.
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In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
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It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.
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I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising…
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To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls,…
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I always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so…
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I lived for music since I could think.
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When I left South Africa there were 10 million people - when I came back there were more than 40…
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I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.
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