Damascus moment: Day White supremacist came to kill Bob Marley, instead ‘saw the light’ in front of 15,000 reggae enthusiasts
Derek Mitchell was crying. The song ended. Bob turned away to continue the concert, but something irreversible had happened in those few minutes. Derek sat back down, his body shaking. The black father beside him, the same man Derek had been mentally categorising as an enemy two hours earlier, reached over and put a hand on Derek’s shoulder.
Known to God, mourned by Bob: How Bob Marley restored some dignity to eight dead homeless people in Kingston, Jamaica
The funeral home men lower the coffin on ropes. It hits bottom with a soft thud. The priest says final prayers.
Redemption songs: Day Bob Marley ‘liberated’ BBC from racial bias against Black musicians, opened up space for Black workers
The band looked around. Bob was right. White Londoners were crossing the street to avoid walking past them. Parents were pulling their children closer.
Day Baptist pastor derided Bob Marley as devil worshiper only for the Reggae artist’s ‘Amazing Grace’ to serve him a healthy dose of Jah love
Before Pastor Johnson could object, Bob began reciting from memory: “Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again.”
Building tabernacles in Nairobi explains why and how Rastafarian faith is rapidly gaining ground in Kenya
For Rastafarians, Ethiopia was a symbol of pride for its unbroken resistance to colonizers and Selassie was Jah, the deity.
