BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO PERFORM AND RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM ZIMBABWEANS FOR CELEBRATING THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH IMPERIAL RULE.
APRIL 18, 2020
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO ZIMBABWE BECAUSE THE SONG “ZIMBABWE” WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE:
ON THIS DAY (APRIL 18) IN 1980, BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS PERFORMED LIVE AT THE INAUGURAL ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS AS THE NATION GAINED ITS FREEDOM FROM BRITISH IMPERIAL RULE. THEY WERE THE ONLY FOREIGN MUSICAL ACT INVITED, BUT THE GOVERNMENT FELT THEIR PRESENCE AT THIS HISTORIC OCCASION WAS PARAMOUNT, CONSIDERING BOB’S SONG “ZIMBABWE” (AND THE #SURVIVAL ALBUM AS A WHOLE) HAD BECOME THE BATTLE CRY OF THE REBEL SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THEIR LAND. AS A NEW GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY THE BAND, NOR THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PUT ON THE SHOW. SO BOB DECIDED TO FLY OUT THE BAND AND CREW AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, ALONG WITH A SECOND PLANE JUST FOR THE STAGE AND SOUND EQUIPMENT.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 12:04PM
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