On May 11, 1981, Bob Marley, the Jamaican singer and global icon, passed away at just 36. More than a musician, Marley was a spiritual and political force who used reggae as a vehicle for Pan-Africanism, Black liberation, and Rastafari culture. Songs like Redemption Song, Get Up, Stand Up, and Africa Unite became anthems of resistance and self-empowerment. Marley’s music resonated not just in the Caribbean, but globally, particularly in African liberation movements and urban Black America. His death marked the loss of a cultural revolutionary whose messages of unity, justice, and resistance continue to echo in global movements today.
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