Hugh Masekela turns 70

Peter Biles of the BBC did a fantastic job of illustrating the life present and past of Hugh Masekela, a civil rights, anti-apartheid, South African trumpet player as Masekela celebrates his 70th birthday today (April 4th). In my recent foray into the wonderful world of personal writing I honestly wasn’t expecting anything this interesting or well written. Don’t ask me why.
Biles begins with a description of the balance and peace that the famous trumpet player has found in his later years, which serves as a unbelievable backdrop when he then goes into the history behind the man and the music. You really begin to get a feeling for the man himself as Biles writes. As opposed to so many other biographical pieces, Masekela becomes three-dimensional, like you could actually meet this person on the street.

The article, “Healing sounds of Hugh Masekela (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7974730.stm),” is even accompanied by a video at the top of the page of Masekela himself playing trumpet. Everything was in an effort to bring out the man himself, and in this respect, he did a fantastic job.