Quote Originally Posted by sansradio View Post
I had the great good fortune to meet and get an autograph from Mr. Masekela after a concert in my college days. He was the most accessible, down-to-earth man. On the bill and backstage with him was Miriam Makeba. She looked so exhausted that I didn’t have the heart to bother her.
I loved her, too. Both were among the first names to bring authentic African musical sensibilities to the musical world stage. I became a fan of musicians like Fela Kuti, Oliver Mtukudzi, Glenn Storm, Johnny Clegg and Juluka and Malopoets later [[mostly after being exposed to African pop on Malcolm McLaren's classic Duck Rock lp) but my first taste of that beautiful soul was thanks to Hugh and Miriam.

By the way, the Google Doodle didn't paste in my earlier post, so here it is: