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name: "Hugh Masekela"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugh-masekela"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 April 1939"
died: "23 January 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:47:29.004045+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hugh Masekela

Actor. Born 4 April 1939 in Witbank, South Arfrica. Died 23 January 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 April 1939, Witbank, South Arfrica
- **Died:** 23 January 2018
- **Also known as:** Bra Hugh
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89302

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)*](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md) (87)

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## Biography

Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter, singer and composer who appeared in several music documentaries. He is credited as Self (archive footage) in *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021) and *Monterey Pop* (1968).

Born in Witbank on 4 April 1939, Masekela became known as a leading figure in South African jazz and an anti-apartheid activist. He achieved international success with the 1968 instrumental hit 'Grazing in the Grass' and compositions such as 'Soweto Blues' and 'Bring Him Back Home'. Masekela died in Johannesburg on 23 January 2018.

*Sources: imdb.com, npr.org, apnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)

## Also known for

- *Monterey Pop* (1968), Self

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