Farewell Hugh Masekela
RIP Hugh Masekela, who apart from being a hugely talented musician and renowned human rights activist, also got to hang out with the Wailers in Kingston during February 1969. The following extract is from my book Simmer Down: The Early Wailers Story, published by Jook Joint Press. Nash and Danny Sims first met Masekela at New York’s Village Gate sometime in 1965, not long after he’d campaigned alongside Marlon Brando for the release of Robert Sobukwe, leader of the Pan Africa
