Question 1: Bob Marley’s birthday is widely marked with concerts, community service, and tributes around the world. On what date was he born—a day Jamaica spotlights with its month-long Reggae Month celebrations?

Question 2: In April 1978, amid violent political tension in Jamaica, Bob Marley invited rival leaders Michael Manley and Edward Seaga on stage and joined their hands in a symbolic call for unity. What was the name of this historic Kingston event?

Question 3: Which Bob Marley song draws its lyrics from Emperor Haile Selassie I’s 1963 United Nations speech condemning racism and oppression, underscoring Marley’s Rastafari beliefs?

Question 4: Rooted in Rastafari ritual, what name is given to the communal drum tradition—featuring bass, funde, and repeater—that shaped reggae’s heartbeat and appears throughout Marley’s music?

Question 5: Bob Marley wrote and performed a song celebrating African liberation and later played it at Zimbabwe’s independence festivities in 1980, even as tear gas drifted into the venue. What is the title of that anthem?


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