Hugh Masekela, 78

Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter, dies
BBC News, January 23, 2018

Hugh Masekela, Trumpeter and Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 78
by Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times, January 23, 2018


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Keorapetse Kgositsile, 79

Keorapetse Kgositsile, 79, South African Poet and Activist, Dies
by Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times, January 16, 2018

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Ray Phiri, 70

Ray Phiri, ‘Graceland’ Guitarist and Anti-Apartheid Bandleader, Dies at 70
by Jon Pareles, The New York Times, July 14, 2017

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Nadine Gordimer, 90

Nadine Gordimer, Novelist Who Took on Apartheid, Dies at 90
by Helen T. Verongos, The New York Times, July 14, 2014

Hugh Masekela celebrates birthday in song at Rose Theater

Proclaiming Joy, in Concert, on His 75th Birthday
Hugh Masekela Played His Horn and Sang at Rose Theater
by Jon Pareles, The New York Times, April 7, 2014

When artists spoke up, sang out for South African freedom

Remember this? Lou Reed, Rubén Blades, Nona Hendryx, George Clinton...after a while, you've got to ask yourself, who DIDN'T show up in this kickass music video!

Artists United Against Apartheid was a 1985 protest group founded by activist and performer Steven Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker to protest apartheid in South Africa.

Tracy Chapman's "Talkin 'bout a Revolution"

Farewell, Madiba

Madiba
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1918-2013

farewell

rest, ancestor, in power

fierce love, fierce pride

courage to fight when fight is called for

to sacrifice

to gather strength, your higher wisdom

to extend a balm

you, blazing star, lift us, dignify us

true life is lived in this way

and death can claim no triumph

--Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Sathima Bea Benjamin, 76

Sathima Bea Benjamin, Jazz Singer and Activist, Dies at 76
by Nate Chinen, The New York Times, August 29, 2013

Alf Kumalo, photographer, 82

Alf Kumalo, Whose Photography Indicted Apartheid, Dies at 82
by Bruce Weber, The New York Times, November 14, 2012

MOMA will host Euzhan Palcy retrospective

See the first US retrospective of the work of Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy--the first Black woman to have her work produced by a major Hollywood studio--at the Museum of Modern Art, May 18-30.

For program details, click here.

Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan
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Desmond Tutu on arts boycott of Israel [UPDATED]

Tutu Urges South African Opera Company Not to Perform in Israel
by Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times, October 26, 2010

UPDATE: Over Tutu’s Objections, South African Opera Company Says It Will Tour Israel