It was a tragic day for music fans across the globe when Bob Marley died on the 11th of May, 1981, at the age of 36. He died from cancer due to complications he had suffered from for quite some time. But while this was a tragic loss, did you know that we could have lost Bob Marley even earlier?
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Manley vs Seaga 02:28 - The Assassination Attempt 04:24 - Bob Marley Still Performed After His Failed Assassination 07:09 - Outro
Did you know that Bob Marley still performed after his failed assassination? While Bob Marley and The Wailers were performing music at his home studio, a few strange men broke in and shot at them. Bob Marley was shot and hospitalized but perhaps by Jah’s Blessings, he managed to survive and continued to perform for many years.
But why was there an attempt on Bob Marley’s life in the first place? To learn about that, one must start at the beginning. By the time Bob Marley was shot, he had come a long way from his village in Saint Ann’s Parish.
He began performing music as a young man growing up in Kingston. While he wasn’t the first reggae artist, it wasn’t long until his name became synonymous with the genre. As a result, not only was he a star but he also had influence over Jamaican society.
He was due to perform at a concert that would attempt to bring together the different political factions in the country, at a time of heightened violence due to ideological tensions. But while he wanted One Love, others were happy that ‘everywhere was war…’ In other words, Bob Marley had to be silenced.
Only now do we know more details about why Bob Marley was shot and the incident is one of the most important and most discussed episodes in Jamaica’s history.
Bob Marley Still Performed After His Failed Assassination
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