Hugh Masekela & Company Live in Lesotho: ‘Bajabula Bonke' (The Healing Song)

Hugh Masekela is mostly known as a South African trumpeter but his clarion call included activism and in 1980 Masekela lead a stadium-filled concert in Lesotho that challenged and defied the country’s apartheid regime, ultimately banning him.

Hugh Masekela is mostly known as a South African trumpeter but his clarion call included activism and in 1980 Masekela lead a stadium-filled concert in Lesotho that challenged and defied the country’s apartheid regime, ultimately banning him. This show was legendary and recorded. A double-album has finally been reissued and features ‘Bajabula’ Bonke’ or The Healing Song. Please check out the podcast Lost Notes Season 3,  Episode 5  which covers this story in depth. 

Playlist

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Credits

Producer:

Ariana Morgenstern