-(« TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY »):(MAY 11TH 1981-MAY 11TH 2017)(FROM « THE CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR »)( YVES T BOUAZO)(« IMAGE »: »BOB MARLEY AND FLYER »)
-(BOB MARLEY) REMAINS MORE POPULAR IN( 2017) THAN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, AS FAR AS SOME CREDIBLE FIRST HAND SOURCES ARE CONCERNED: BEING A STRAIGHT MAN ,HE WAS REALLY COMMITTED THEREFORE HE STOOD UP ON HIS PRINCIPLES.HIS FIRST PREDICTION IN MUSIC RESTS IN HIS DEEP LYRICS IN THE (70S):(« ONE BRIGHT MORNING WHEN MY WORK IS OVER, I WILL FLY AWAY HOME »)(« MOUNT ZION »)!BUT MUSICALLY OVER ONE DECADE, MOST OF HIS SONGS WERE GROUNDED IN PROTEST SONGS BACKED UP BY SOME HEAVY BASE LINES!DOWN THE LINE, HE POINTED OUT THE CONSPICOUS GAP BETWEEN SOCIAL CLASSES AND DEFINTELY SANG PARTLY SOME SCARCE LOVE SONGS!
-(SOCIAL CLASSES):
(« AN ANGRY MOB IS AN ANGRY MOB », WHEN THE WEAK MUST GET STRONG, THEY SAY IT’S A TRIBULATION »)!(« REVELATION):(THEY TAKE A REVELATION TO MAKE A SOLUTION)-(« SURVIVAL »: I TELL YOU WHAT SOME PEOPLE GOT EVERY THING,SOME PEOPLE GOT NOTHING, SOME PEOPLE GOT HOPES AND DREAMS,SOME PEOPLE GOT NO AIM IT SEEMS…)
-(LOVE SONGS):
(« MY WOMAN IS GONE IF YOU SEE ME CRYING MY WOMAN IS GONE »)(1978).(NO WOMAN NO CRY ),( « IS THIS LOVE »)?
-(BOB MARLEY AND AFRICA)!
THE MOTHERLAND (AFRICA), CRADLE OF MANKIND WAS IN HIS HEART, AS A RESULT HE WAS THE GUEST- STAR OF (« ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENCE ») WHEN PROUD PAN AFRICAN LEADER (ROBERT MUGABE) TOOK OVER IN( 1980):IN THE SAME TREND,HE SANG IN HIS OWN WORDS:(« ZIMBABWE »)(« EVERYMAN GOT RIGHT TO DECIDE HIS OWN DESTINY, AND IN THIS JUDGEMENT THERE IS NO PARTIALITY.SO ARMS IN ARMS WE WILL FIGHT THIS LITTLE STRUGGLE BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN OVERCOME OUR LITTLE TROUBLE »).
-MOREOVER, (BOB MARLEY) WAS THE FIRST THIRD WORLD ARTIST TO POINT OUT THE CONCEPT OF THE AFRICAN UNITY MUSICALLY:(« AFRICA UNITE « ,BECAUSE WE’RE MOVING RIGHT OUT OF (BABYLON) AND WE’RE GOING TO OUR FATHER’S LAND ». »HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT WOULD BE BEFORE GOD AND MAN TO SEE THE UNIFICATION OF ALL AFRICANS, AS IT’S BEEN SAID ALREADY »! « LET IT BE DONE RIGHT NOW SO AFRICA UNITE, AFRICA UNITE »)!
-BEFORE HIS DEATH IN (MIAMI) IN (FLORIDA)(MAY 11TH 1981) ,(« ROBERT NESTA BOB MARLEY ») VISITED (ETHIOPIA) IN (1978),( GABON) IN(1980) JUST TO PLEASE HIS GIRLFRIEND FOR THE SAKE OF « PRESIDENT BONGO BIRTHDAY » IN « LIBREVILLE »)(CAPITAL CITY OF-(GABON)(CENTRAL AFRICA)! (« BONGO », DAUGHTER OF « GABON PRESIDENT » , « THE LATE OMAR BONGO ») AND (ZIMBABWE) IN (1980)(CONCERT-LIVE AT « HARARE STADIUM »(CAPITAL CITY OF « ZIMBABWE »)(80.000 PEOPLE). BUT HE WAS PLANNING TO PERFORM IN (IVORY COAST)(WEST AFRICA) IN (1978) WHEN HIS WEST AFRICAN SENEGALESE MANAGER CALLED (SECK) UNFORTUNATELY PASSED !
-(« THEY HAVE GONE ,WON’T BE FORGOTTEN »)!(« MOUNT ZION »)!!!
(FROM « THE CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR »)(-YVES T BOUAZO)(« IMAGE »: « BOB MARLEY AND FLYER »)