Winston Mankunku Ngozi

Winston Monwabisi "Mankunku" Ngozi (21 June 1943[1][2] – 13 October 2009) was a famous South African tenor saxophone player.

[3] He was born in Retreat, Western Cape, on 21 June 1943, the first child in a musical family.

He cites John Coltrane, local saxophonist "Cups & Saucers", pianist Merton Barrow, as well as bassist Midge Pike as major influences.

This meant that he was subjected to the Separate Amenities Act and similar apartheid legislation.

[3][4] In 1968 he recorded the famous blockbuster "Yakhal' Inkomo", with Early Mabuza, Agrippa Magwaza and Lionel Pillay.