Following the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville massacre — where 69 protestors were shot dead in Sharpeville , and the South African government banned gatherings of ten or more people — and the increased brutality of the Apartheid state , Masekela left the country . He was helped by Trevor Huddleston and international friends such as Yehudi Menuhin and John Dankworth , who got him admitted into London 's Guildhall School of Music in 1960 . During that period , Masekela visited the United States , where he was befriended by Harry Belafonte . After securing a scholarship back in London , he moved to the United States to attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York , where he studied classical trumpet from 1960 to 1964 . In 1964 , Mariam Makeba and Masekela were married , divorcing two years later
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Hugh Masekela