Masekela: I don't take pics with men who straighten their hair

Veteran musician Hugh Masekela doesn't mince his words about black women who wear weaves, and he doesn't take pictures with them.

He is reported to have asked for extra security at a show in Durban to "shield him from weave-decorated women".

702's Azania Mosaka spoke to the award-winning musso about the subject that gets him hot under the collar.

I've never seen a Swedish or Chinese person wearing our hair... I'm not against people who wear hair (weaves); I just don't want to be part of it.

— Hugh Masekela, veteran musician

Listen to the conversation below:

I don't take pictures with men who straighten their hair either... It's got nothing to do with gender.

— Hugh Masekela, veteran musician

Let the weave be... I don't live for the weave.

— Hugh Masekela, veteran musician

This article first appeared on 702 : Masekela: I don't take pics with men who straighten their hair


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