Hugh Masekela The Late [Living] Jazz Legend Performs Stimela

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There is a train that comes from Namibia and Malawi
There is a train that comes from Zambia and Zimbabwe
There is a train that comes from Angola and Mozambique
From Lesotho, from Botswana, from Swaziland
From all the hinterlands of Southern and Central Africa.
This train carries young and old men who are conscripted to come and work on contract
In the Gold and Mineral mines of Johannesburg and the surrounding provinces and Metropolis
16 hours or more a day, for almost no pay.
Deeeeeeep, deeeeeep deeeeep, deeeeeep, deeeeeep, deeeep
Deeeep,deeep, deep, down in the belly of the earth
When they’re digging and drilling for that shiny mighty evasive stone.
Or when they dish their mish-mash-mush food
Into their iron plates
With their iron shovel.
Or when they sit in their stinky, filthy, funky, flee-ridden barracks and hostels
And they think about their loved ones they may never see again,
Because they might have been forcibly removed from where they last left them
Or winterly murdered in the herd of night
By raving and marauding gangs of no particular origin – so we are told!
They think about their land and their herds that were taken away from them,
With the gun and the canon,
With the collaborator and the dog
And the teargas and the poison.
With the Bomb and the gasoline,
And when they hear that chu-chu train –
Smoking and-a-pushing and-a-climbing
And-a-hustling and-a-crying and-a-moaning
And-a-toting and and-a-steaming and-a-crying
And-a-moaning and-a-pushing and-a-grumbling
And-a-moaning and-a-climbing and-a-crying
And-a-screaming and-a-squishing
And-ah-whooooooooo
Whoooooooooo!
They always cuss, and they curse the coal train,
The coal train that brought them to Johannesburg.
Stimela.
Ahhh

Long-live Bra Hugh Long-live.
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LangaZono
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It’s 2024 …. This is still a blessing . Whatever year you see this . Be blessed . You are loved 😊

babalwakotanamusicnovelrev
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i saw hugh perform at a small jazz club in Los Angeles. when it was over he approached the bar where i wad sitting. i had to speak to him." Mr. Masekela who do you listen to?" he replief "I listen to God".

tomgardner
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These people who were watching this live, do they realize how blessed they are to have witnessed this greatness?

DinoRenald
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My grandpa from Botswana worked in the gold mines of Johannesburg as a young man… he got beaten up by ruthless boer police and had a back injury that never left. This song hits hard for me. RIP Ntate Masekela

servingcant
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Never heard of this artist until today. Thank God I stayed. Thanks YouTube algorithm.

jamesz.williams
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Holding those chords on the keys for 7minutes without changing it at the same tempo is serious discipline.

GaxtonOkobah
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2023 and tears still roll down my face when listening to this masterpiece. ❤

xountitled_
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This are type of music which deserves billions of views

seanhafeny
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This man was not just a musician but a poet. An all rounder.

Cflam
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One of my greatest disappointments in life is that, i never got to watch Hugh Masekela live……. This song is spiritual!!

FortyMill_Records
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I'm touched by his dedication of ths song.. i was recently deployed in DRC, i now got to say that SA is blessed, i lost a friend there.. may his soul RIP 🫡

ripfumeloknowledge
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Everytime i listen to Stimela i think about the struggle that we experience in day to day as Africans😢

ThaboEzra
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Today was last day at work. Yes am on pension 😊 my first song on pension 😀

BOKGOSI
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I want to dedicate this song to my Liberian people🇱🇷
who suffered seven years plus of civil war.

ruthgayflorzee
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Damn what a Force of nature. Rest in Peace wonderful man.

simonreeve
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Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".Hugh Masekela story is a long and exciting one: the two times Grammy awarded artist is Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. Hugh Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several million This performance should always be available to the world.Hugh Masekela was a power-house - his vocals and energy here are on a whole other level. I saw him live and it was the best concert I've ever seen.Thank you, Mr. Masekela A LEGEND.💞💞

robertwada
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This is the first time hearing this song, "Stimela" by Hugh Masekela. The first time I heard Hugh Masekela, was in Jamaica in the 1960's with "Grazing in the Grass" which was a huge hit in Jamaica. I'm glad I listened tonight, at 12:52am, Wednesday, November 17, 2021.

dehdehblacks
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This song is the greatest piece of art to be created!! The true essence of Africa!

ziyanda
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I want to dedicate this song to the people in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼!

widzriyo