Music Superstar Bob Marley

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This paper explains that Bob Marley was the first ever international Third World music superstar whose influence spread to every corner of the earth. The author describes, in detail, how Marley, who came from the slums of Jamaica, started his own band and record label and eventually toured the world. The paper underscores that, even now, more than 20 years after his untimely death, Bob Marley's name is known all over the planet and he is still the best-selling reggae artist in the world, controlling forty percent of the recent chart listings of "Billboard" magazine. The paper concludes that the key to Marley's success is not through advocating sex, money,or violence in his songs like current recording artists but through his religious beliefs of Rastafarianism and his message of love, peace and freedom for every living person, regardless of race, nationality or creed.

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"Bob's final world tour (1980) began in Gabon, Africa and moving onto Zimbabwe, were his music had deeply affected the countries politics. Zimbabwe was under British colonial rule for almost a century and had just been freed after a long and brutal war. Marley's song "Zimbabwe" was a call for change saying "It take a revolution, to make a solution". During this time of war, this song was a national anthem, representing what the soldiers were fighting for. Marley was the only performer playing at the concert that wasn't native but was allowed because of the effect his music had on soldiers moral."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bob Marley Biography. 1 Dec. 2005 <http://niceup.com/bmbio.html>
• McCann, Ian. Bob Marley: In His Own Words. Norwich, Great Britain: Page Bros Ltd, 1993
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• Talamon, Bruce W. Bob Marley: Spirit Dancer. Verona, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1994

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