Why Bob Marley Beat Up His Manager
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Why Bob Marley Beat Up His Manager

In 1980, on the 3rd of December, at his home in Jamaica, Bob Marley and manager, Don Taylor, survived an assassination attempt. Almost 3 years later in a Gabonese hotel room, Bob Marley apparently beat up Don Taylor.

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The Early Years of Rastafari Oppression in Jamaica
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The Early Years of Rastafari Oppression in Jamaica

From its founding in the early 1930’s, the Jamaican state has targeted Rastafari. And for the next 30 years, this oppression of its members by the Jamaica State would continue and eventually culminated in April 1963

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The Manley-Garvey Fight
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The Manley-Garvey Fight

In 1932, a dispute over the construction of a gas station led to a heated argument between future national heroes of Jamaica, then KSAC councilor, Marcus Garvey, and the then most sought off lawyer in the country, Norman Manley.

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