Forty years on, Bob Marley s rich legacy thrives
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11/05/2021 - 03:32 A man pedals past a mural of late reggae legend Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica JEWEL SAMAD AFP/File 4 min
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It s been four decades since Bob Marley s death, a period longer than the reggae icon s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Yet Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including One Love, Redemption Song and I Shot The Sheriff enduring in a way few bodies of popular music have ever done.
Forty years on, Bob Marley’s rich legacy thrives
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 11, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Yet Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including “One Love,” “Redemption Song” and “I Shot The Sheriff” enduring in a way few bodies of popular music have ever done.
His rich anthems of peace and struggle, hope and discontent, still reverberate globally and especially in his native Jamaica, a small nation whose rich culture its most famous son popularized on an international stage.
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By AFP Published: May 11, 2021 06:38 PM
On December 8, 2020, men walk past the wall of a closed bar in Rio de Janeiro with poster art of late Jamaican singer Bob Marley and former Brazilian soccer player Pele hugging each other. Photo: AFPIt s been four decades since Bob Marley s death, a period longer than the reggae icon s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Yet Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including One Love, Redemption Song and I Shot The Sheriff enduring in a way few bodies of popular music have ever done.
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(FILES) It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Yet Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including “One Love,” “Redemption Song” and “I Shot The Sheriff” enduring in a way few bodies of popular music have ever done. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh
The year 2021 will mark the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s death on May 11, 1981, a date which gains even more significance this year because it marks the first time that all of the original Wailers are dead, given that Bunny Wailer passed away earlier this year.
What does this mean for the Wailers brand and its role in the history of reggae music?
“This is the first year that we are memorializing Bob’s transition anniversary from 1981 in the context of all three Wailers leaving, Peter having left in 1987 and Bunny surviving them both for 40 years and 33 years respectively transitioning here in 2021,” entertainment consultant Maxine Stowe, former manager of Bunny Wailer, told