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April 18, 1980
Forty years ago, Bob Marley paid his own way to play Zimbabwe’s iconic independence concert
finance.yahoo.com
Just before midnight 40 years ago on April 18 at the Rufaro Stadium in Harare (then called Salisbury), Robert Nesta Marley stepped on to the stage with his band The Wailers as culmination of the official Independence Day ceremonies for the new nation-state of Zimbabwe.
Tens of thousands of people paid to join dignitaries from Africa and around the world to watch the performance of this revolutionary pan-Africanist, then at the height of his status as a global music superstar and cultural ambassador.
Bob Marley
By Olu Alake
Quartz
April 18, 1980Forty years ago, Bob Marley paid his own way to play Zimbabwe’s iconic independence concert
Forty years ago, Bob Marley paid his own way to play Zimbabwe’s iconic independence concert
Immediately after the official flag-raising the first official words of the new nation of Zimbabwe were “Ladies and Gentlemen, Bob Marley and The Wailers!”
finance.yahoo.com
Tens of thousands of people paid to join dignitaries from Africa and around the world to watch the performance of this revolutionary pan-Africanist, then at the height of his status as a global music superstar and cultural ambassador.
Bob Marley
By Olu Alake
Quartz
