On the 17th of April 1980, Bob Marley took to the stage and launched the young country of Zimbabwe into revolutionary reggae songs. For many Zimbabweans, it's a night they still reflect on with ...

It was April 1980, the end of a hard week, around 4pm, on a Friday afternoon. Mick Carter was in his office, thinking about maybe leaving early for the weekend. Then the phone rang.

This was Bob Marley 35 years ago at the birth of Zimbabwe – an African story told by those who were there. It all started with the impossible dream in Harare.

Ubutegetsi bwa Zimbabwe bwasavye umuhinga mu vy'ugushushanya kwubaka igishusho ca Bob Marley ku kibuga c'umupira ca Rufaro i Harare, aho Marley yavugirije mu 1980, igihe ico gihugu cikukira.

Under the renegade State’s racist laws there was little black music on the radio. At the time of Bob Marley’s visit to his country in April 1980, Zindi was a 22-year-old university student.

He died on May 11, 1981. Bob Marley was given a state funeral in Jamaica on May 21, 1981. The eulogy was delivered by the Prime Minister Edward Seaga.

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“The reason behind this statue is that of Africa’s more than 50 countries, Bob Marley only performed in Zimbabwe as part of the country’s independence celebrations in 1980,” Chemhere ...

Bob Marley and his band, the Wailers, stepped onto the stage at Rufaro Stadium in Harare to help usher in Zimbabwe’s independence from British and local white minority rule. It was electrifying.

Aside Zimbabwe, Gabon and Ethiopia, Marley was also a known anti-apartheid campaigner. The other African country he is on record to have visited was Kenya, also in 1978.

Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe in 2017. He went from a hero of Africa’s liberation struggle to a fearsome despot. Jekesai Njikizana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Bob Marley passed away at the Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital in Miami on May 11, 1981. As singer Harry Belafonte once said: “You can shoot the singer, but you can’t shoot the song.” ...