The music video of Bob’s One Love being sung in one of the most unexpected places illustrates the man’s universal appeal.
When I visited Egypt around 2000, they had no idea where Jamaica was until I mentioned Bob Marley and they all shouted Oh Yes..Bob Marley, One Love- stamp, stamp and I was off in Cairo.
All of this is to say that, as a result of the current government’s recent political maneuver to ensure their supreme leader’s immortal presence in the day-to-day operations of Jamaica, they etched his face alongside Comrade Manley’s as well as grouped the others to show parity.
When asked if Bob was deserving of hero status, I recall a government official saying that Bob’s case was “complicated.”Well, he has locks so I guess that’s complicated. Secondly, he was A-Political so that’s also complicated. He was nonconformist and anti-establishment so that’s complicated and he smoked weed so I guess that’s MAJOR complicated. Meanwhile, while we continue to argue about locks, weed, and who is which P, the world continues to portray Jamaica as a puny, little, backward island that cannot even recognize the magnitude of one of her sons whose music continues to unite all race, religion, creed, and yes, even despots with his simple words- One Love.
And so Jamaica continues to try to breathe from the foot of her new enslavers!
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