http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/today_the_stranger_suggests_499 African ModernismHugh Masekela South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela is known in America for two things: the instrumental "Grazing in the Grass," which reached number one on the Billboard chart in 1968, and his work with Paul Simon on Graceland. Masekela, however, is a god in black Africa. And only a god could capture the essence of the 20th-century black African experience in one song: "Stimela (Coal Train)." "This train carries young and old, African men/Who are conscripted to come and work on contract/In the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg..." There is no heart "Stimela" cannot break. (Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth... Copyright 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss