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South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela’s recording "Grazing in the Grass" hit number one worldwide in 1968, and he hasn’t slowed down since. He’s recorded 40 albums; played with Bob Marley; was part of Fela Kuti’s Afropop explosion in Lagos, Nigeria; was part of Paul Simon’s Graceland tour; and organized the Rumble in the Jungle concert in Zaire in 1974. He’s also been a vocal AIDS activist. Those are just a few of the things he’s done in the last 40 years. Plus, a conversation with James Lilley, who was the U.S. ambassador to China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre, 15 years ago today. He’ll talk about Sino-U.S. relations in the 20th century from an insider’s perspective.