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Blowing South African artiste Hugh Masekela's trumpet

Hugh Masekela 

Dressed in an orange linen designer shirt and brown trousers, a half coat and brown shoes to match, Hugh Masekela 77, is keenly listening to some of the jazz tunes churned out by the Korogocho’s Ghetto music group.

He hums along gingerly, occasionally pursing his lips. The ensemble is part of the Ghetto Classics project where youth for informal settlements are introduced to and encouraged to learn how to play classical instruments as a way of keeping them off the mean streets.

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