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2023 - Wits University confers Honorary Doctorate on Father Huddleston

2023 - Wits University confers Honorary Doctorate on Father Huddleston
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Gwangwa: Jazz legend kept flame of SA music alive

Daily Monitor
Sunday January 31 2021
Summary
Fare thee well. The South African trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, 83, was an ambassador for his country’s music and an advocate against apartheid. He died on January 23, the same date (but in 2018) that his cousin Hugh Masekela also passed on, writes Sam Mathe.
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Jonas Gwangwa, 83, was a trailblazing musician, cultural ambassador, activist, father figure and guiding light who mentored a generation of notable artistes on the contemporary SA jazz scene.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa led tributes, saying:
A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest; the trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force. Jonas Gwangwa ascends to our great orchestra of musical ancestors whose creative genius and dedication to the freedom of all South Africans inspired millions in our country and mobilised the international community against the apartheid system.

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Jazz musician who rivaled Hugh Masekela dies

Jazz musician who rivaled Hugh Masekela dies
Friday January 29 2021
By BILL ODIDI
Summary
Gwangwa's most internationally celebrated work was the original film score for the 1990 Academy Award-winning movie “Cry Freedom” starring Hollywood star Denzel Washington in the role of the slain South African freedom fighter Steve Biko.
That work earned Gwangwa two Oscar nominations in 1988, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “Cry Freedom”.
The soundtrack was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song written for a Motion Picture or Television.
His death may have passed quietly outside South Africa last week, but musician Jonas Gwangwa was one of the most influential musicians that the continent has produced in the course of a career spanning more than 60 years.

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