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'''Kippie ''‘Morolong’'' Moeketsi''' (1925-1983) was a [[South Africa]]n saxophonist and jazz musician. Born into a musical [[Johannesburg]] family, Moeketsi was the youngest of eleven brothers of whom all but 4 played an instrumentand one sister who was a nursing sister by profession (Mirriam Ntsadi Kathar Nee, Moeketsi). Growing up in [[Eastern Native Township|George Goch]] township was unpleasant for him and he was often truant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joburg.org.za/sep_2002/kippie.stm|title=Kippies, the club that wasn't always there|date=September 16, 2002|first=Lucille|last=Davie}}</ref>
At 20 he started playing Clarinet, but would soon move on to the Saxophone. Influenced by his pianist brother [[Jacob Moeketsi]], Kippie's career began in [[shebeen]]s with [[Band in Blue]]. Over the years he played with several bands including [[Shantytown Sextet]], the [[Harlem Swingsters]] and famously the ''[[The Jazz Epistles|Jazz Epistles]]'' that brought fame to him, [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] (or Dollar Brand as he was known then), [[Jonas Gwangwa]], and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Moeketsi claimed that he taught Ibrahim everything he knew about music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disa.nu.ac.za/articledisplaypage.asp?articletitle=A+tribute+to+Kiepie+Moeketsi+-+%22Bra+Joe+from+Kilimanjaro%22&filename=SeMar85|title=A tribute to Kiepie Moeketsi - "Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro"}}</ref>
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Often introduced as ''Bra Joe from [[Kilimanjaro]]'', Kippie joined the cast of [[King Kong (SA musical)| King Kong]] which would take him to [[London]]. After the [[Sharpeville massacre]] of 1960, most of his contemporaries went into exile, but he returned to South Africa. In the oppressive circumstances he would not perform for four years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Township Jazz |author=Mike Gavin|year=2001|url=http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/ronnie_scotts/ronniescotts/129/129_08.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050405061340/http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/ronnie_scotts/ronniescotts/129/129_08.htm|archivedate=April 5, 2005}}</ref>
After many years of alcohol abuse he died penniless and disgruntled in 1983. The Newtown jazz club Kippies, located at the [[Market Theatre (Johannesburg)|Market Theatre]] is named after him.
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