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Early Life and Education
Barbara Masekela was born on July 18th, 1941 in the Alexander Township of Johannesburg, South Africa. The second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Masekela, her older brother [[Hugh Masekela ]] grew up to be an accomplished jazz musician. As an infant, Barbara was sent to live with her grandmother in Witbank (which is now known as [[EMalahlen ]]). At the age of ten, Barbara returned to the Alexander Township to attend Saint-Michaels Anglican School. Her parents fostered a politically conscious household, from an early age Barbara was knowledgeable about the political climate of South Africa. While attending the Inanda Girls’ Seminary in Durban, Barbara was given the chance to meet with many South African civil rights activists which would in turn shape her future political and educational careers. In 1960 Barbara completed her high school education and went on to work at the New Age newspaper, after 6 months she enrolled in the Lesotho campus at the University of Botswana and Swaziland. After one semester at University she moved to Ghana where she contracted Tuberculosis, Barbara was then sent to the United Kingdom where she received treatment over the next year. In 1965 Barbara moved to the United States, enrolling in Fordham University in New, York.