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Hotep Idris

Hotep Idris Galeta

About Me

I'm a South African/American jazz pianist-educator-composer having spent some thirty years of exile in the United States where my inter action with various South African and American musicians resulted in an extensive recording and music academic career. I came back to a democratic South Africa in 1991. I'm happily married to a beautiful woman and we have five great children. My two eldest children,son and daughter live in the U.S. I'm currently the Director of the Miriam Makeba Centre of Performing Arts at the University of Fort Hare's East London Campus in the province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

My Interests

The pursuit of self knowledge

I'd like to meet:

Other "Jedi Knights" who have a positive attitude towards life,care about others and this small little fragile planet we live on!

Music:

I love all kinds of good music however I'm biased towards music with good rhythmic content.

Movies:

My favorite movies: "Once we were warriors" and "The day after Tomorrow"

Television:

I like to watch the National Geographic, History and Discovery channels

Books:

"A Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela and any book by the physicist Stephen Hawkin, James Balwin, Cheik Anta Diop, Dr Ben Johannan and Chancellor Williams

Heroes:

Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha,Ghandi,Dr Martin Luther King Rosa Parks,,Thelonius Monk, Malcomb X,Imhotep,Shaka Zulu,Tarif Michael Warren, Kwame Toure, Miriam Makeba, Nelson Mandela,Steve Biko,Jackie Mclean,John Coltrane,Charlie Parker,Charles Lloyd, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Hadley Caliman,OB1 Kenobe, Mickey Mouse, Popeye and Snoopy!