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Dear Readers, this month’s edition of Panache E-Magazine is a tribute to Bob Marley who was one of the most charismatic, challenging performers and has been deemed as the first “Third World Superstar,” “Rasta Prophet,” “visionary,” and” “revolutionary artist.” of our time.

Bob Marely toured the world spreading his music that has stretched back over nearly two decades and still remains timeless and universal.

Marley died after a battle with cancer on May 11th 1981 at the age of 36. He left behind 11 children, a few of whom have carried on in their father’s footsteps.

May his legend live on forever. Here is one of our favourite Bob Marley quotes:

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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively Bob Marley

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ROBERT NESTA MARLEY OM Date of Birth: 6 February 1945 , Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica Date of Death: 11 May 1981 , Miami, Florida, USA (Metastatic skin cancer) Birth Name: Robert Nesta Marley Height: 5' 7¾" (1.72 m) BOB MARLEY BIOGRAPHY Remembering A Legend From the official Bob Marley Website.

INTRODUCTION Overview of Bob’s Legacy

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he Bob Marley biography provides testament to the unparalleled influence of his artistry upon global culture. Since his passing on May 11, 1981, Bob Marley’s legend looms larger than ever, as evidenced by an ever-lengthening list of accomplishments attributable to his music, which identified oppressors and agitated for social change while simultaneously allowing listeners to forget their troubles and dance.

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Walk of Fame by the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, in Hollywood, California. As a recipient of this distinction, Bob Marley joined musical legends including Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder and The Temptations.

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Bob Marley was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994; in December 1999, his 1977 album “Exodus” was named Album of the Century

by Time Magazine and his song “One Love” was designated Song of the Millennium by the BBC. Since its release in 1984, Marley’s “Legend” compilation has annually sold over 250,000 copies according to Nielsen Sound Scan, and it is only the 17th album to exceed sales of 10 million copies since SoundScan began its tabulations in 1991.

Bob Marley’s music was never recognized with a Grammy nomination but in 2001 he was bestowed The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor given by the Recording Academy to “performers who during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.” That same year, a feature length documentary about Bob Marley’s life, Rebel Music, directed by Jeremy Marre, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video documentary. In 2001 Bob Marley was accorded the 2171st star on the Hollywood 10

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In 2006 an eight block stretch of Brooklyn’s bustling Church Avenue, which runs through the heart of that city’s Caribbean community, was renamed Bob Marley Boulevard, the result of a campaign initiated

by New York City councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke. This year the popular TV show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon commemorated the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley’s passing with an entire week (May 9-13) devoted to his music, as performed by Bob’s eldest son Ziggy, Jennifer Hudson, Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz and the show’s house band The Roots. These triumphs are all the more remarkable considering Bob Marley’s humble beginnings and numerous challenges he overcame attempting to gain a foothold in Jamaica’s chaotic music industry while skillfully navigating the politically partisan violence that abounded in Kingston throughout the 1970s.

One of the 20th century’s most charismatic and challenging performers, Bob Marley’s renown now transcends the role of reggae luminary: he is regarded as a cultural icon who implored his people to know their history “coming from the root of King David, through the line of Solomon,” as he sang on “Blackman Redemption”; Bob urged his listeners to check out the “Real Situation” and to rebel against the vampiric “Babylon System”. “Bob had a rebel type of approach, but his rebelliousness had a clearly defined purpose to it,” acknowledges Chris Blackwell,

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EARLY LIFE Growing up in Nine Miles

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ob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6, 1945. Bob was born to Cedella Marley when she was 18. Bob’s early life was spent in rural community of Nine Miles, nestled in the mountainous terrain of the parish of St. Ann. Residents of Nine Miles have preserved many customs derived from their African ancestry especially the art of storytelling as a means of sharing the past and time-tested traditions that are oftentimes overlooked in official historical sources. The proverbs, fables and various chores associated with rural life that were inherent to Bob’s childhood would provide a deeper cultural context and an aura of mysticism to his adult songwriting.

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Norval and Cedella married in 1945 but Captain Marley’s family strongly disapproved of their union; although the elder Marley provided financial support, the last time Bob Marley saw his father was when he was five years old; at that time, Norval took his son to Kingston to live with his nephew, a businessman, and to attend school.

Eighteen months later Cedella learned that Bob wasn’t going to school and was living with an elderly couple. Alarmed, she went to Kingston, found Bob and brought him home to Nine Miles.

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he next chapter in the Bob Marley biography commenced in the late 1950s when Bob, barely into his teens, left St. Ann and returned to Jamaica’s capital. He eventually settled in the western Kingston vicinity of Trench Town, so named because it was built over a sewage trench.

A low-income community comprised of squatter-settlements and government yards developments that housed a minimum of four families, Bob Marley quickly learned to defend himself against Trench Town’s rude boys and bad men. Bob’s formidable streetfighting skills earned him the respectful nickname Tuff Gong.

Despite the poverty, despair and various unsavory activities that sustained some ghetto dwellers, Trench Town was also a culturally rich community where Bob Marley’s abundant musical talents were nurtured. A lifelong source of inspiration, Bob immortalized Trench Town in his songs “No Woman No Cry” (1974), “Trench Town

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By the early 1960s the island’s music industry was beginning to take shape, and its development gave birth to an indigenous popular Jamaican music form called ska. A local interpretation of American soul and R&B, with an irresistible accent on the offbeat, ska exerted a widespread influence on poor Jamaican youth while offering a welcomed escape from their otherwise harsh realities. Within the burgeoning Jamaican music industry, the elusive lure of stardom was now a tangible goal for many ghetto youths.

Uncertain about the prospects of a music career for her son, Cedella encouraged Bob to pursue a trade. When Bob left school at 14 years old she found him a position as a welder’s apprentice, which he reluctantly accepted. After a short time on the job a tiny steel splinter became embedded in Bob’s eye. Following that incident, Bob promptly quit welding and solely focused on his musical pursuits.

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go on to top the UK charts in 1969 with his single “Israelites”. Dekker introduced Marley to another young singer, Jimmy Cliff, future star of the immortal Jamaican film “The Harder They Come”, who, at age 14, had already recorded a few hit songs. In 1962 Cliff introduced Marley to producer Leslie Kong; Marley cut his first singles for Kong: “Judge Not”, “Terror” and “One More Cup of Coffee”, a cover of the million selling country hit by Claude Gray. When these songs failed to connect with the public, Marley was paid a mere $20.00, an exploitative practice that was widespread during the infancy of Jamaica’s music business. Bob Marley reportedly told Kong he would make a lot of money from his recordings one day but he would never be able to enjoy it. Years later, when Kong released a best of The Wailers compilation against the group’s wishes, he suffered a fatal heart attack at age 37.

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n 1963 Bob Marley and his childhood friend Neville Livingston a.k.a. Bunny Wailer began attending vocal classes held by Trench Town resident Joe Higgs, a successful singer who mentored many young singers in the principles of rhythm, harmony and melody.

In his Trench Town yard, Higgs introduced Bob and Bunny to Peter (Macintosh) Tosh and The Bob Marley and the Wailers legend was born. The trio quickly became good friends so the formation of a vocal group, The Wailing Wailers, was a natural progression; Higgs played a pivotal role in guiding their musical direction. Additional Wailing Wailers members included Junior Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso, and Cherry Smith but they departed after just a few recording sessions.

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By the mid 60s, the jaunty ska beat had metamorphosed into the slower paced rocksteady sound, which soon gave way to Jamaica’s signature reggae rhythm around 1968. Dodd had not made a corresponding shift in his label’s releases nor did he embrace the proliferation of lyrics imbued with Rastafarian beliefs that were essential to reggae’s development. Declining sales of the Wailers’ Studio One singles compounded by a lack of proper financial compensation from Dodd prompted their departure from Studio One.

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Bob, Bunny and Peter were introduced to Clement Sir Coxsone Dodd, a sound system operator turned producer; Dodd was also the founder of the seminal Jamaican record label Studio One. With their soulful harmonies, influenced primarily by American vocal group Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, and lyrics that echoed the struggles facing Jamaica’s poor, the Wailers attained a sizeable local following. The Wailers’ first single for Studio One “Simmer Down”, with Bob cautioning the ghetto youths to control their tempers or “the battle would be hotter”, reportedly sold over 80,000 copies.

The Wailers went on to record several hits for Coxsone including “Rude Boy”, “I’m Still Waiting,” and an early version of “One Love”, the song the BBC would designate as the Song of the Century some thirty-five years later.

Cedella Booker, meanwhile, decided to relocate to the US state of Delaware in 1966.

That same year Bob Marley married Rita Anderson and joined his mother in Delaware for a few months, where he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on an assembly line at a Chrysler plant under the alias Donald Marley.

In his absence from Jamaica, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I visited the island from April 21-24, 1966. His Majesty is revered as Lord and Savior, according to Rastafarian beliefs and his visit to Jamaica had a profound impact upon Rita and Bob. Bob soon adopted the Rastafarian way of life and began wearing his hair in dreadlocks.

Upon Bob’s return to Jamaica, The Wailers established the Wail’N Soul’M label/record shop in front of his aunt’s Trench Town home.

The label’s name identified its primary acts: The Wailers and The Soulettes, a female vocal trio featuring Rita Marley. A few successful Wailers’ singles were released including “Bend Down Low” b/w “Mellow Mood” but due to lack of resources, the Wailers dissolved Wail’N Soul’M in 1968.

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In 1970 the Wailers forged a crucial relationship with Jamaican producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, a pioneer in the development of dub, the reggae offshoot where the drum and bass foundation is moved to the forefront. Perry wisely paired The Wailers with the nucleus of his studio band The Upsetters, brothers Carlton and Aston “Family Man” Barrett, respectively playing drums and bass.

Collectively they forged a revolutionary sonic identity, as heard on tracks like “Duppy Conqueror”, “400 Years” and “Soul Rebel”, which established an enduring paradigm for roots reggae. The Wailers’ collaborations with Perry were featured on the album “Soul Rebels” (1970) the first Wailers album released in the UK. The Wailers’ reportedly severed their relationship with Perry when they realized he was the sole recipient of royalties from the sales of “Soul Rebels”.

“BURNIN’” AND “CATCH A FIRE” The Wailers sign with Island Records

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n 1971 Bob Marley went to Sweden to collaborate on a film score with American singer Johnny Nash. Bob secured a contract with Nash’s label CBS Records and by early 1972 The Wailers were in London promoting their single “Reggae On Broadway”; CBS, however, had little faith in Marley and The Wailers’ success and abruptly abandoned

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the group there. Marley paid a chance visit to the London offices of Island Records and the result was a meeting with label founder Chris Blackwell. Marley sought the finances to record a single but Blackwell suggested the group record an album and advanced them £4,000, an unheard of sum to be given to a Jamaican act.

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Island’s top reggae star Jimmy Cliff had recently left the label and Blackwell saw Marley as the ideal artist to fill that void and attract an audience primed for rock music.

“I was dealing with rock music, which was really rebel music and I felt that would really be the way to break Jamaican music. But you needed someone who could be that image.

When Bob walked in he really was that image,” Blackwell once reflected. Despite their “rude boy” reputation, the Wailers returned to Kingston and honored their agreement with Blackwell. They delivered their “Catch A Fire” album in April 1973 to extensive international media fanfare.

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arranged and the life of Bob Marley was forever changed. Bunny Wailer refused to participate in the US leg of the “Catch A Fire” tour so the Wailers’ mentor Joe Higgs served as his replacement. Their US gigs included an opening slot for a then relatively unknown Bruce Springsteen in New York City. The Wailers toured with Sly and the Family Stone, who were at their peak in the early 70s, but were removed after just four dates because their riveting performances, reportedly, upstaged the headliner.

Following the successful “Catch A Fire” tour the Wailers promptly recorded their second album for Island Records, “Burnin”, which was released in October 1973. Featuring some of Bob’s most celebrated songs “Burnin” introduced their timeless anthem of insurgency “Get Up Stand Up” and “I Shot The Sheriff”, which Eric Clapton covered and took to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974; Clapton’s cover significantly elevated Bob Marley’s international profile, the same year that Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the group.

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS The departures of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, the BMW releases, and Smile Jamaica

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ob Marley’s third album for Island Records “Natty Dread”, released in October 1975, was the first credited to Bob Marley and The Wailers; the harmonies of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were replaced with the soulfulness of the I-Threes, Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt.

The Wailers band now included Family Man and Carly Barrett, Junior Marvin on rhythm

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guitar, Al Anderson on lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl “Wya” Lindo on keyboards and Alvin “Seeco” Patterson playing percussion. Characterized by spiritually and socially conscious lyrics, the “Natty Dread” album included a rousing bluesinfluenced celebration of reggae, “Lively Up Yourself”, which Bob used to open many of his concerts; the joy he experienced among friends amidst the struggles of his Trench Town youth is poignantly conveyed on “No Woman No Cry”, while the essential title track played a significant role in introducing Rastafarian culture and philosophies to the world. A commercial as well as a critical success, “Natty Dread” peaked at no. 44 on Billboard’s Black Albums chart and no. 92 on the Pop Albums chart.

The following year Bob embarked on a highly successful European tour in support of “Natty Dread”, which included two nights at London’s Lyceum Theater. The Lyceum performances were captured on Bob’s next release for Island, “Bob Marley and the Wailers Live”, which featured a melancholy version of “No Woman No Cry” that reached the UK top 40.

Bob Marley catapulted to international stardom in 1976 with the release of “Rastaman Vibration”, his only album to reach the Billboard Top 200, peaking at no.

8. With the inclusion of “Crazy Baldhead”, which decries “brainwash education” and the stirring title cut, “Rastaman Vibration” presented a clearer understanding of Rastafari teachings to the mainstream audience that was now attentively listening to Bob. Also included was “War”, its lyrics adapted from an impassioned speech to

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warning intended to silence the revolutionary spirit within his music, then it had failed miserably. Bob defiantly performed “War” at the Smile Jamaica concert, which reportedly drew 80,000 people but shortly thereafter he went into seclusion and few people knew of his whereabouts.

As 1976 drew to a close Bob Marley was now regarded as a global reggae ambassador who had internationally popularized Rastafarian beliefs. At home, that distinction fostered an immense sense of pride among those who embraced Bob’s messages. But Bob’s expanding influence was also a point of contention for others in Jamaica, which was brutally divided by political alliances. With the intention of suppressing simmering tensions between Jamaica’s rival People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), Bob agreed to a request by Jamaica’s Ministry of Culture to headline a (non partisan) free concert, Smile Jamaica, to be held on December 5, 1976 in Kingston.

Two days prior to the event, as Bob Marley and The Wailers rehearsed at his Kingston home, an unsuccessful assassination attempt was made on his life. Gunmen sprayed Bob’s residence with bullets but miraculously, no one was killed; Bob escaped with minor gunshot wounds, Rita underwent surgery to remove a bullet that grazed her head but she was released from the hospital the next day. Bob’s manager Don Taylor was shot five times and critically wounded; he was airlifted to Miami’s Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for the removal of a bullet lodged against his spinal cord.

Three months after the Smile Jamaica concert, Bob flew to London where he lived for the next year and a half; there he recorded the albums “Exodus” (1977) and “Kaya” (1978). Exodus’ title track provided a call for change, “the movement of Jah people”, incorporating spiritual and political concerns into its groundbreaking amalgam of reggae, rock and soul-funk. A second single, the sultry dance tune “Jamming” became a British top 10 hit. The “Exodus” album remained on the UK charts for a staggering 56 consecutive weeks, bringing a level of commercial success to Bob Marley and the Wailers that had previously eluded the band.

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In a more laid back vein, the “Kaya” album hit no. 4 on the British charts, propelled by the popularity of the romantic singles “Satisfy My Soul” and “Is This Love?” Kaya’s title track extols the herb Marley used throughout his lifetime; the somber “Running Away,” and the haunting “Time Will Tell” are deep reflections on the December 1976 assassination attempt. The release of “Kaya” coincided with Bob Marley’s triumphant return to Jamaica for a performance at the One Love Peace Concert, held on April 22, 1978 at Kingston’s National Stadium. The event was another effort aimed at curtailing the rampant violence stemming from the senseless PNP-JLP rivalries; the event featured 16 prominent reggae acts and

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Bob Marley summoned JLP leader Edward Seaga and Prime Minister Michael Manley onstage.

was dubbed a “Third World Woodstock”.

In the concert’s most memorable scenario, Bob Marley summoned JLP leader Edward Seaga and Prime Minister Michael Manley onstage. As the Wailers pumped out the rhythm to “Jamming”, Bob urged the politicians to shake hands; clasping his left hand over theirs, he raised their arms aloft and chanted “Jah Rastafari”. In recognition of his courageous attempt to bridge Jamaica’s cavernous political divide, Bob traveled to the United Nations in New York where he received the organization’s Medal of Peace on June 6, 1978.

BOB MARLEY IN AFRICA Bob visits the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari Movement (Ethiopia)

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t the end of 1978 Bob made his first trip to Africa, visiting Kenya and Ethiopia, the latter being the spiritual home of Rastafari. During his Ethiopian sojourn, Bob stayed in Shashamane, a communal

That same year Bob Marley and The Wailers’ tours of Europe and America were highlighted on their second critically acclaimed live album “Babylon By Bus”. In 1978 Bob and The Wailers also toured Japan, Australia and New Zealand, where the indigenous Maori people greeted them with a traditional welcoming ceremony typically reserved for visiting dignitaries.

Bob released “Survival”, his ninth album for Island, in the summer of 1979. From opening track’s clarion call to “Wake Up and Live” to the concluding “Ambush In The Night”, his definitive statement on the 1976 assassination attempt, “Survival” is a brilliant, politically progressive work championing pan-African solidarity. “Survival” also included “Africa Unite” and “Zimbabwe”, the latter an anthem for the soon-to-be liberated colony of Rhodesia. In April 1980 Bob and the Wailers performed at Zimbabwe’s official Independence Ceremony at the invitation of the country’s newly elected president Robert Mugabe. This profound honor reconfirmed Visit: www.panacheoccasions.com

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Unbeknownst to the band, the Zimbabwe Independence concert was solely for a select group of media and political dignitaries.

As Bob Marley and The Wailers started their set, pandemonium ensued among the enormous crowd gathered outside the entrance to the Rufaro Sports Stadium: the gates broke apart as Zimbabweans surged forward to see the musicians who inspired their liberation struggle. Clouds of teargas drifted into the stadium; the Wailers were overcome with fumes and left the stage.

The I-Threes returned to their hotel but Bob Marley went back onstage and performed “Zimbabwe”. The following evening, Bob Marley and the Wailers returned to Rufaro Stadium and put on a free show for a crowd of nearly 80,000.

The final album to be released in Bob’s lifetime, “Uprising”, helped to fulfill another career objective. Bob had openly courted an African American listenership throughout his career and he made a profound connection to that demographic with “Could You Be Loved”, which incorporated a danceable reggae-disco fusion. “Could You Be Loved” reached no. 6 and no. 56 respectively on Billboard’s Club Play Singles and Black Singles charts. “Uprising” also included contemplative odes to Bob’s Rastafarian beliefs, “Zion Train” and “Forever Loving Jah”, and the deeply moving “Redemption Song” a stark, acoustic declaration of enduring truths and profoundly personal musings; Angelique Kidjo, the Clash’s Joe Strummer, Sinead O’Connor and Rihanna are but four 18

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of the dozens of artists who have recorded versions of “Redemption Song”.

Bob Marley and The Wailers embarked on a major European tour in the spring of 1980, breaking attendance records in several countries. In Milan, Italy, they performed before 100,000 people, the largest audience of their career. The US leg of the “Uprising” tour commenced in Boston on September 16 at the JB Hynes Auditorium. On September 19 Bob and the Wailers rolled into New York City for two consecutive sold out nights at Madison Square Garden as part of a bill featuring New York based rapper Kurtis Blow and Lionel Richie and the Commodores.

The tour went onto the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pa. where Bob delivered the final set of his illustrious career on September 23, 1980.

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he Pittsburgh show took place just two days after Marley learned that the cancer that had taken root in his big toe in 1977, following a football injury, had metastasized and spread throughout his body. Bob courageously fought the disease for eight months, even traveling to Germany to undergo treatment at the clinic of Dr. Josef Issels. At the beginning of May 1981, Bob left Germany to return to Jamaica but he did not complete that journey; he succumbed to his cancer in a Miami hospital on May 11, 1981.

The Bob Marley biography doesn’t end there. In April 1981 Bob Marley was awarded Jamaica’s third highest honor, the Order of Merit, for his outstanding contribution to his country’s culture. Ten days after Bob Marley’s death, he was given a state funeral as the

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Honorable Robert Nesta Marley O.M. by the Jamaican government, attended by Prime Minister Edward Seaga and the Opposition Party Leader Michael Manley. Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the streets to observe the procession of cars that wound its way from Kingston to Bob’s final resting place, a mausoleum in his birthplace of Nine Miles. The Bob Marley and the Wailers legend lives on, however, and thirty years after Bob Marley’s death, his music remains

as vital as ever in its celebration of life and embodiment of struggle.

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“Marley was chosen because he promoted peace and tolerance in his music,” said Mirko Miljus, an organizer of the event.

In Koh Lipe, Thailand, Bob Marley’s February 6th birthday is celebrated for three days with a cultural festival. In New Zealand, his life and music are now essential components of Waitangi Day (February 6) observances honoring the unifying treaty signed between the country’s European settlers and its indigenous Maori population. When Bob visited New Zealand for a concert at Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium on April 6, 1979, the Maori greeted him with a traditional song and dance ceremony reserved for visiting dignitaries. Marley’s former manager, the late Don Taylor, referred to the Maori welcoming ritual as “one of my most treasured memories of the impact of Bob and reggae music on the world”.

On April 17, 1980 when the former British colony of Rhodesia was liberated and officially renamed Zimbabwe and the Union Jack replaced with the red, gold, green and black Zimbabwean flag, it is said that the first words officially spoken in the new nation were “ladies and gentlemen, Bob Marley and the Wailers”. For the Zimbabwean freedom fighters that listened to Bob 20

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Marley, inspiration and strength were drawn from his empowering lyrics. Marley penned a tribute to their efforts, “Zimbabwe”, which was included on the most overtly political album of his career, 1979′s “Survival” and he was invited to headline their official liberation celebrations. Zimbabwean police used tear gas to control the crowds that stampeded through the gates of Harare’s Rufaro Stadium to get a glimpse of Marley onstage. As several members of Marley’s entourage fled for cover, he returned to the stage to perform “Zimbabwe”, his words resounding with a greater urgency amidst the ensuing chaos: “to divide and rule could only tear us apart, in everyman chest, there beats a heart/so soon we’ll find out who is the real revolutionaries and I don’t want my people to be tricked by mercenaries.” “There was smoke everywhere, our eyes filled with tears so we ran off,” recalls Marcia Griffiths, who sang backup for Marley, alongside Rita Marley and Judy Mowatt, as the I-Threes.

“When Bob saw us the next day he smiled and said now we know who are the real revolutionaries.”

INSPIRATION Spreading “Positive Vibrations” from Sierra Leone to Manhattan

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generation later a group of political refugees from Sierra Leone living in Guinean concentration camps and traumatized by years of bloody warfare in their country, found through the music of Bob Marley, inspiration to form their own band and write and record their own songs.

The Refugee All Stars won international acclaim for their 2006 debut “Living Like A Refugee” and their 2010 album “Rise and Shine”, each utilizing a blend of reggae,

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Sierra Leone’s Islamic rooted bubu music and West African goombay.

Further evidence of Bob Marley’s ongoing influence arrived on October 13, 2010 when Victor Zamora, one of 33 Chilean miners rescued after being trapped in a San Jose mine for 69 days, asked to hear Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier” shortly after his release. Recorded in 1980 and posthumously released in 1983, “Buffalo Soldier” recounts the atrocities of the slave trade. Like so many of Bob Marley’s songs, it highlights the importance of relating past occurrences to present-day identities: “if you know your history then you will know where you are coming from, then you wouldn’t have to ask me, who the hell do I think I am?”

As 2011 draws to a close, Occupy Wall St. styled protests spread around the world, challenging social and economic inequality, as well as corporate greed and its influence upon government policy. The uncompromising sentiments expressed on Bob’s “Get Up Stand Up”, lyrics that are repeatedly chanted at these demonstrations, seem to have directly inspired the protesters’ dissenting stance: “Some people think a great God will come down from the sky, take away everything and make everybody feel high/but if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth and now we see the light, we’re gonna stand up for our rights!”

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The following albums by Bob Marley are ranked highest in the gre Legend Year of Release: Rank in 1984: Rank in 1980s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1984 Appears in: 226 charts 5 Rank Score: 7,521 25 Overall Rank: 201

Exodus Year of Release: Rank in 1977: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1977 Appears in: 239 charts 7 Rank Score: 6,921 53 Overall Rank: 218

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Catch A Fire Year of Release: Rank in 1973: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica The Wailers 1973 Appears in: 95 charts 18 Rank Score: 2,099 155 Overall Rank: 650

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Natty Dread Year of Release: Rank in 1974: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1974 Appears in: 63 charts 25 Rank Score: 1,025 266 Overall Rank: 1,221

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Jamaica The Wailers 1973 Appears in: 42 charts 36 Rank Score: 902 297 Overall Rank: 1,357

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Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1975 Appears in: 46 charts 31 Rank Score: 690 373 Overall Rank: 1,711

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Uprising Year of Release: Rank in 1980: Rank in 1980s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1980 Appears in: 41 charts 41 Rank Score: 683 277 Overall Rank: 1,728

Kaya Year of Release: Rank in 1978: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978 Appears in: 48 charts 38 Rank Score: 661 379 Overall Rank: 1,767

Rastaman Vibration Year of Release: Rank in 1976: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1976 Appears in: 26 charts 54 Rank Score: 325 611 Overall Rank: 3,125

Babylon By Bus Year of Release: Rank in 1978: Rank in 1970s

Jamaica Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978 Appears in: 20 charts 71 Rank Score: 285 662 Overall Rank: 3,478

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New Bob Marley And The Wailers Film Coming

By Urban Islandz Staff on April 25, 2014

Decades after his death Bob Marley is still making a profound impact on the world with his musical message. And now there is a new Bob Marley and the Wailers biopic in the making.

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Urban Islandz raise the bar in Caribbean entertainment, lifestyle and culture. Our core purpose is to bring Caribbean influence entertainment to the forefront of the world. Readers of Urban Islandz won’t have to look too far the latest news, reviews and press publication from Caribbean native celebrities. The Caribbean has a rich cultural and musical heritage that never ceases to bring people from all walks of life to our islands shores. Join Urban Islandz in sharing that culture with the rest of the world.

Cindy Breakspeare Opens Up About Relationship With Bob Marley

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If Cindy Breakspeare and Bob Marley never met we wouldn’t be enjoying the good music from Damian Marley today.

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hroughout the last 7yrs we had some amazing One Love Festival Highlights and they keep on getting better and better.

The festival means such a lot to so many people in such different ways – everyone leaves the event experiencing their own exceptional One Love Festival moment and memory. We have established a wonderful growing customer base of Fun, Loving, Happy and loyal Fans from all over Europe and beyond. Each year the festival grows organically both in production and vision – but still keeping to the original vibe of a intimate fun and FAMILY friendly event.

At One Love Festival you see familiar faces from resident artists that support us year in year out alongside touring artists that you grew up listening to side by side with up and coming exciting new acts. All paying homage to our philosophy of One Love – Playing Conscience Roots, Dub Music and enjoying all the sub genres of that. When you experience One Love it is something to be remembered forever…

Bringing Reggae and the Message of Bob Marley to the People - One Love, One Heart Bob Marley and The Wailers performed at the One Love Peace concert in Kingston’s National Arena with other main-line reggae artists of the day, in an attempt to link Jamaica’s feuding political parties; Against all the odds, Marley symbolically joined the hands of bitter rivals Michael Manley and Edward Seaga on stage following the concert

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the opposing factions having seen that their leaders weren’t hell bent on killing each other cooled down the conflict.

Reggae Revolution UK Reggae Music is under Attack!!! But together the One Love community can help save UK Reggae scene – By Raising awareness of Reggae spreading the message of Peace and Uniting the People #Reggae Revolution. Saving a Genre that is being marginalised and discredited – Reggae music is being embraced more and more in the mainstream by Jamaican and non Jamaican artists yet less avenues than ever for genuine reggae in the UK. “As Bob Marley famously said ‘the stone that the builder refused will be the head corner stone.’

The UK Reggae Fan base is there and is bigger then our European counterparts and now it needs to be heard. In the hey day UK Reggae Supporters use to come out in there 1000’s. Reggae Music NEEDS UK Reggae Fans to Unite!!!

Reggae is at the receiving end of a ever decreasing circle with only two Legal Reggae shows in the UK - Rodigan on Sunday night and Robbo Ranx on Thursday’s both on 1xtra.

I believe there is still a demand for reggae. More than its representation on radio and One Love Festival is testimony to that – We need to change the tide and Now with UK’s first legal black music station choice FM recent rebrand the station became reggae-less, soca-less in one fell swoop. Radio 1 is Not representing at all.

Reggae was originally played on the streets, not on radio, Reggae is worthy of more respect and so are the fans and lovers of this music.”

Together united fans of Reggae we can help Save a Genre that is being marginalised and discredited – Together as One - buy your tickets now!!!

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COMPETITION Panache E-Magazine have TWO pairs of WEEKEND FAMILY tickets (worth £700) to give away for the ONE LOVE FESTIVAL. Just answer a,b or c to the questions below: Which iconic singer is featured at this event?

A - JOHN ROLT B - JOHN BOLT C - JOHN HOLT Email your answers together with your name and contact number. with the words “ONE LOVE” in the subject line to: info@panacheoccasions.com Correct answers will be drawn on Friday 30th May 2014.

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sometimes wonder what Bob Marley would make of the most recognisable faces in Jamaican music today - especially that of Vybz Kartel, looking back at us through prison bars and several layers of bleaching cream. Thank God we have sportsmen like Usain Bolt to bear the responsibility of being the face of Jamaica.

my friends will get before someone asks to play Redemption Song. The really remarkable thing is these aren’t necessarily Caribbean or even black friends - there’s something about all of his music that just makes you feel happy, free of the stresses of the world around you, whichever world that is. The rebellious spirit still lives, and it crosses all borders.

I, like most of my friends, was born more than a decade after Bob died, so it’s strange that his music has been the soundtrack to so much of my life. I remember being around 5 years old, thinking that my favourite song ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ was an actions song – I thought “Get up, stand up, stand up for your right…Don’t give up the fight” were instructions like in the Hokey Cokey. Okay, I was kind of a dumb kid.

As far as his legendary status goes, perhaps it was his untimely death (by ‘toe cancer’ as my Dad eloquently explained to me) that preserved everything we love about Bob Marley. That timeless image of him, with dreadlocks flashing around his head, spliff between his lips, guitar in his hands, football at his feet, and a smile on his face. We’d all rather have that than what we ended up with from, for example, Elvis Presley: dead from a heart attack on the toilet, an overweight, washed up shadow of the icon he used to be.

Obviously, as I got older, I started to understand the context of what these lyrics really stood for. I started to understand how Get Up, Stand Up, Exodus, and One Love became worldwide anthems of the post civil rights era of black empowerment and racial equality.

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But it’s too easy to explain away Bob’s lasting influence as simply being frozen in time.

Sometimes I’ll forget about why everyone still loves Bob Marley. And then I’ll be sat shirtless out on my roof in the sunshine, boombox at my side, insufferable course work in my lap, staring listlessly out over the Liverpool skyline, and my iTunes will throw up Concrete Jungle. Just to remind me that the man really is timeless.

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“Concrete Jungle” "Concrete Jungle" No sun will shine in my day today (no sun will shine) The high yellow moon won’t come out to play (that high yellow moon won’t come out to play) I said (darkness) darkness (has come and covered my light) has covered my light, (And has changed) And has changed (my day into night) my day into night, yeah.

Where is the love to be found? (ooh-ooh-ooh) Won’t someone tell me ‘cause Life (sweet life) must be (got to be) somewhere to be found (out there somewhere out there for me) Instead of concrete jungle (Jungle, jungle, jungle!), I said where the living is hardest (concrete jungle!).

Concrete jungle (jungle, jungle,

jungle) Man, you got to do your best (concrete jungle!)

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Concrete jungle (jungle, jungle, jungle!), why won’t you let me be (concrete jungle!) now?

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No chains around my feet But I’m not free I know I am bounded in captivity; oh now (Never known) Never known (what happiness is) what happiness is; (Never known) I’ve never known (what sweet caress is) what sweet caress is yeah Still, I’ll be always laughing like a clown; (oooh-oooh-oooh) Oh someone help me ‘cause I (sweet life) I’ve got to pick myself from off the ground (got to be, out there somewhere out there for me) In this ya concrete jungle (Jungle, jungle, jungle!): I said, what do you got for me (concrete jungle!) now?

[Guitar solo] I said that life (sweet life) must be (got to be) somewhere to be found (out there somewhere for me) Oh, instead: concrete jungle (jungle!) - collusion (concrete jungle!) Confusion (confusion). Eh! Concrete jungle (jungle!): we’ve made it, We’ve got it.

In Concrete jungle (concrete jungle!), now. Eh! Concrete jungle (jungle, jungle, jungle!).

What, what do you got for me (jungle, jungle!) now? [fadeout]

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Dawn Spence Counsellor/Psychotherapist Born in Jamaica Life philosophy: - keep the faith!

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ut of the four seasons, for me, spring is the most laissez faire and optimistic and for this reason I would say it is by far my favourite season.

All the other seasons in fairness, more often than not, have the expectation of something special. The three other seasons have very beautiful and romantic sides to them, autumn (the fall) is tinted with stunningly romantic colours with the flavour of coming home to roost and winter has its magical moments where we gather for festivities and of course summer has the air of just being.

Spring on the other hand is so full of hope.

In nature, everything is new and our view of the world becomes vivid and vibrant, as if we are in the moment of the “joys of spring”.

We’re waiting for the colours of summer to emerge, so that we can just be all wrapped up in vitamin D from our Sun’s rays. The sun becomes more reliable, as if to say, “here you are, I’ve been away too long”, like a parent coming home and wrapping us up in their arms, the air is full with the smell of blossom and cut grass, and somehow, in this particular season I seem to lose that sense of gravity, and I just want to be outside, as if I am emerging from a long sleep.

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I’m sure this is where the saying “a spring in your step” comes from. After all, for me and I am sure, this also applies to most people, it is difficult to feel completely grounded at this time, there’s too much in the air that is not yet ripe, the expectation of those long summer months which makes the fruits from the tropics taste somehow different in the sun and the smell of roses filling the air with its concentrated aroma and isn’t this when we do our spring cleaning? Not just in our homes, but I’ve started doing the school run on foot, thirty minutes up the hill and 20 minutes back, motivated by the swim suits on display in the shops right now.

I think it is wonderful that we’ve been asked to focus this issue of Panache on spring. Why else would we want to taint the beginning of this special season which is so full of its own charm, with any other subject, but to give it its own merit and to tap right into its energy of light and expectations of more vibrant and happy months to come.

Of course, it doesn’t always follow with the English weather that we will have these next month’s full of sunshine, but who cares, Springtime, somehow, makes me feel that I have been given a moment of reprieve, from the anxieties of life, and I loose myself

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“Three little birds” in an emotional place where I feel that everything is going to be all right. How cool is that?

Which brings me to my next thought and that is to one of my long standing heroes, Mr Bob Marley.

As I sat down to write this article, by sheer coincidence my daughter decided to play some of his music, and the first song she played was three little birds, drums roll and the song starts with; …….“Don’t worry

"Three Little Birds" "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right! " Rise up this mornin', Smile with the risin' sun, Three little birds Each by my doorstep Singin' sweet songs Of melodies pure and true, Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou: ") Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right! "

about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right! “ Rise up this mornin’, Smile with the risin’ sun, Three little birds Each by my doorstep, Singin’ sweet songs Of melodies pure and true, Sayin’, (“This is my message to you-ouou:“) Singin’ Don’t worry ‘bout a thing”.…….

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!

Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry! " Singin': "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry! "'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

A moment of exquisite serendipity , and I’m thinking right now, only Bob Marley could do this –Just at the right moment, put the perfect music to my article about Spring. Yeah,

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right" - I won't worry!

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, oh no!

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

Rise up this mornin', Smiled with the risin' sun, Three little birds Each by my doorstep Singin' sweet songs Of melodies pure and true, Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou: "

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My Lover’s Rock Story Part I Born in London, in March 1956, Paul Dawkins is a great journeyman reggae singer who has been a prominent personality on the UK reggae scene for more than 30 years. I was privileged to interview him whilst we took a nostalgic walk down memory lane and his part in the history of Lover’s Rock...

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Was always a very musical child but my complete love of music started when I was about 10 years old when, for the first time, I bought tickets from a lady called Mrs Smith to see the “Bob & Marcia Show”, “Scotty”, “The Pyramids” and some other Jamaican reggae artist’s. The show was held at Wembley Arena and I recalled being so mesmerised by their performance as it was the first time that I had seen musicians sing and play their instruments with such a melodic sound. I was totally mesmerised and awestruck, that I turned to Mrs Smith and said “One day, I am going to be singing and playing like them”. Mrs Smith gave me an encouraging smile and then we continued to thoroughly enjoy the rest of the show. Very soon after that, myself, my cousin George Oban, and a good friend of mine; Tony Gad (who is in Aswad) started playing as a band at our local church and slowly developed our own unique style of music.

What was it like going to church, but yet pursuing and playing Reggae music? Did you find conflict with your faith?

No, there wasn’t really any conflict. It was just a natural thing to do. We attended church because our parents made us go at the time and therefore, it was a great opportunity to perfect our craft. I got a little box guitar and started to play the bass, George was on keyboards, Tony was on guitar and then we

were soon joined by our friend; Joseph Leo who was a singer.

Eventually, we started to sound like a proper band and were on the lookout for somewhere to rehearse. Brinsley Ford, a friend who lived in Neasdon joined us and allowed us to rehearse at his house for about 6 months. Brinsley didn’t know how to play any instruments but soon learned as Tony began to mentor him on playing the drums.

During those 6 months, we really didn’t know what our objective was but enjoyed what we were creating and tried our best to formulate the band.

And how long did it take you all to progress?

Well, there was a slight set-back as we soon learned that George and his family were moving back to Jamaica and this left us without a keyboard player. George said that he and his parents would return in 5 years so that gave us the challenge of keeping things running until then. Brinsley and I decided to rehearse wherever and whenever possible.

The band now consisted of just one guitar and one bass player and we had an idea to put ourselves forward to enter the numerous talent contests that were occurring in Harlesden at the time. One day, we actually won one of the competitions and that opened doors for us as the following day, after meeting with Junior English, we were Visit: www.panacheoccasions.com

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asked if we would like to join him on tour.

We also met Graham from Mohawks, Drum Bago and Evron.

Wow, what a fantastic opportunity. How old were you then and how did you feel?

We were about 15 years and as young boys, we were scared and anxious, as this was the big break that we were working so hard to achieve but we knew that we had to focus, as this opportunity was bigger than us so we had to get it right. In addition, we did, as we were touring as part of Junior’s backing group for almost 2 years touring the whole of London, Scotland, Wales, Birmingham and Manchester – we did the whole circuit and it was great. For some reason, the band broke up after the tour. I wish I could remember why, but myself and Brinsley kept our spirits up and continued to rehearse until the next opportunity arose.

And did that happen?

Oh yes. Something really special happened roughly in 1972. An old school mate named Delroy Washington told us that the reggae singer Bob Marley was living in Neasden. We couldn’t believe it and so asked him to prove it. To our amazement, Delroy had arranged that we visit Bob Marley’s house and oh my gosh, this moment was the ultimate highlight of our lives. As we entered the house, we were introduced to the man himself as well as his band members; Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. Wow, that’s a memory never to be forgotten.

What did you get up to at Bob Marley’s house?

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so that we could go back there again. We were there almost every day. We practically lived there and learned to improve our craft even more. I remember the time when a bass player called; Family Man showed me some bass lines. That was a pinnacle time of my music career for me and I still use this bass line to this day. Family Man said that anytime he heard that bass line in any song, he would know it was me. He would come round to my house and give me lessons. My Dad would always exclaim “Who is this guy in my front room, looking like he is a Rasta?”

We would just laugh.

Anyway, whilst chilling at Bob Marley’s house, there were numerous times where he would just grab his guitar and we would all play and sing for hours on end. Those were glorious times will always be cherished in my mind.

When he was invited to appear to sing “Stir It Up” at the Old Grey Whistle Test show in 1973, everyone got excited and piled into whatever vehicles available to take us down to the studio. Myself and Brinsley tried so hard to get a space in the car but there were too many of us and so Bob told us to wait for him at the house. I really wished that we had gone.

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So then, what did you and Brinsley do with yourself after that wonderful experience?

Oh it was hard. We came back to earth with a bang. Again, we plunged ourselves into rehearsing tirelessly until one day, Brinsley announced that he didn’t want to go to rehearsals any more. I remembered lecturing him about the fact that we were the only two guys in Harlesden who were on the road to success with our guitar and bass combination and I repeatedly made the statement that “One day, we’re going to get a number one hit in the UK”. Despite my badgering, Brinsley quit and then to my surprise, got a number one hit with ‘Don’t Turn Around’ with Aswad. I didn’t like the way that happened as we were together throughout, but I couldn’t resent him as he achieved our goal.

That’s sad. What happened next?

George eventually came back from Jamaica as promised after 5 years and announced that he wanted to form a band. He invited a few of us together, myself, Brinsley, Courtney Hemmings and Donald to form the group that he has always wanted to do, but I was not happy with the the vibe that they wanted to play. And as time went by, I realised that I wanted to create my own kind of feel/take on the music I was hearing. I was into Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis, John Holt and Delroy Wilson and therefore wanted my music to reflect this genre. I eventually left and formed a group with old school members; Christopher Henry, Paul Thompson and Lesley McNeil. We called our band “Tradition” and this is when I realised that I had the aptitude to sing. Unbeknown to me, my mimicking of artists at the clubs led me to develop a really good voice. Anyway, Tradition begun to get noticed and we were called to be the backing group for visiting

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Jamaican artists like; Alton Ellis, Owen Gray, The Blackstones. Dennis Pinnock and Delroy Wilson. When Delroy Wilson recorded “I’m Still Waiting” we were the ones who backed the whole tour. We were also privileged to be the supporting acts for bands like the Boomtown Rats, Showaddywaddy, Thin Lizzy and The Cars. We toured, Germany, Spain, Holland, Belgium in fact most of Europe.

How did your parents feel about you touring? Did you have a relationship, if so, were they affected too?

My parents were totally supportive of my musical endeavours, in fact my dad bought me my first guitar! We all had relationships, families that we left behind while we went on tour. I was fortunate that my daughter’s mother was very understanding and knew that this was my passion and something that I needed to do. We would go on tour for up to six weeks at a time and then come home to our families.

When we came back from touring we would work hard to put the LP’s together. The album; ‘Moving On’ was recorded within 24 hours and released in 1977. Most of the time, we practically lived at the recording studio so we could just reel the albums off one after the other.

Did things progress when you signed up with RCA? Well, I have bounced around with a numerous amounts of record labels for various reasons.

Tradition were with RCA for about 5 years where we completed the album; ‘Alternative Roots’. I then worked with a rival producer as part of the Heptics group with Tony Gad, George Oban, Dave and Paul Thompson where we produced the first huge hit songs ‘Little Girl’ followed by ‘Natural Woman’.

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In 1980, I joined forces with lovers rock producer Patrick Cann and notched up a succession of lovers rock favourites on his Arawak record label. Working with Patrick brought immediate popular classics like; ‘To Love Someone’. ‘Sweet Feelings’ and ‘One More Step’. By the middle of the 1980s, the Heptics were singing for the Starlight label on titles like ‘Spend Some Time Together’ and ‘Come My Baby’.

I would have loved to have work with EMI as they were trying to sign us up in those days but I chose not to because of underlying reason between D-Roy records and myself even though, I was instrumental in introducing him to Janet Kay. I first met Janet Kay when she used to come along to the Gangster record shop with her friends Sonia Ferguson and Jacqui Brown. Janet had a beautiful voice that no one had ever heard before. That’s when Janet Kay came and recorded the big hit ‘Silly Games’ along with Dennis Bovell. And the rest is history.

I then went over to Starlight records where I recorded ‘Popsy’, ‘Come My Baby’ and ‘Spend Some Time together’. Eager to keep the music making machine going, I signed up to Arawak Records with Patrick Cann and recorded ‘To Love Someone’ ‘Sweet Feelings’ and ‘One More Step’.

With all those hits, you must have made lots of money?

You would think so. Yes, there was a lot of bouncing around producers with a succession of hits in those days, money was being made but as artists, we didn’t make a penny. It’s unbelievable really, as hits like ‘Natural Woman’ made thousands of pounds

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for the producers but I only made £200. They were in control and knew exactly what they were doing. They recognised that most of the reggae artists of those days were happy to keep the music coming but didn’t take into consideration or pay any attention to the kind of contracts they were signing. I’d say that this was our biggest downfall. And now, with hindsight we should have paid more attention to the small print. Artists like Winston Reedy will always recollect on the fame and fortune artists could have had.

After a couple of years, my contract with RCA broke down, things weren’t going as well as it should have. They let Tradition go and we all had to go our separate ways. We were still touring but it came to the point where a lot of people were taking advantage of us and not giving us the respect that was due.

Eventually, I left Tradition to pursue my solo career. Tradition made one more album in 1982 which was released at the same time as my solo album ‘To Love Someone’ and that’s when my career began to take off.

Look out for the follow-up of Paul Dawkins’s story – “My Lover’s Rock Story Part II - The solo years” in the June issue of Panache E-Magazine.

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British in 1655. There followed further battles between the two European countries until eventually the Spaniards were defeated and fled, leaving Britain with control of the island. However, this was not an easy task as runaway slaves known as Maroons continued to fight both the Spanish and the English until a treaty was entered into between the Maroons and the British.

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the severity of DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness).

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Stretching is most beneficial at the end of a training session when the body is warm and muscles are pliable. To get the most effect, hold each stretch until you feel a slight pulling in the muscle (but no pain). As you hold the stretch the muscle will relax, meaning you can gradually increase the stretch until you feel the same slight pull.

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When Bob Marley caused Riot inna Africa By: Ras T. Henry Ree Ngwenya, Harare

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t 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.

Bob Marley was calling from the Tuff Gong International offices in Kingston. Could Mick organise a crew and all the necessary equipment and fly to Salisbury in Rhodesia over the weekend? On Tuesday, 18 April, the country was changing its name to Zimbabwe, and the city would be renamed Harare.

Bob had two officials from Zimbabwe's government in his office with him, and they had asked him to perform at the independence ceremonies. Cost was to be no barrier: Bob, whose tune Zimbabwe had proved inspirational to the ZANLA freedom fighters, was paying for it all out of his pocket. He would be playing amidst the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.

At the Islands Record offices in West London, Denise Mills received a similar call: "Bob said he was flying into London over the weekend and wanted to continue straight on to Africa. Could we arrange it?"

Within two hours, Carter had booked his crew and PA equipment. More importantly, he had also chartered a 707 waiting on the tarmac at Gatwick airport.

The next day the plane took off at Gatwick, carrying the agent, the lighting, the soundmen and the sound equipment.

The advance party for this Bob Marley expedition to Africa caused much bewilderment when it arrived at Salisbury airport, as it was then still known.

"The import people hadn't a clue what to do, how to deal with us," Carter said.

"What got us and everyone through was a huge bag of Bob Marley T- shirts that I had sensibly persuaded Island to give me before I left. These were liberally dispensed all around. And it also helped enormously that I was wearing an Exodus tour jacket, which was my passport to everything."

The only contact Carter had been given was an address in Harare- Job's Nite Spot, a club run by one Job Kadengu, a second-hand car dealer who worked for Zanu PF, who had somehow become the promoter.

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Kadengu passed Carter to a certain Edgar Tekere, the minister for planning and development. At 3:30 am, on Sunday morning, Carter was driven in a taxi to Tekere's bungalow to wake him up and receive instructions.

A bleary-eyed Tekere directed Carter to the Rufaro Stadium on the edge of Harare where the independence ceremony was to be held. When he and his crew arrived there, a team of night watchmen loomed out of the darkness, trying to chase them off.

Within hours, Carter had secured the services of a squad of soldiers and a scaffolding company to build the stage.

"But the wood we were given was green and came from a damp warehouse. As the sun came and dried it, the planks turned rotten.

We laid down tarpaulin, but we kept having to make chalk-marks where the holes were. I saw two wooden gates, and had them taken down and they became the PA stage."

But there was still no electrical power and there seemed little hope of the promised generator arriving to provide it.

"However," Carter remembers, "we found a cable running underneath the pitch. It provided electricity to a nearby village (township). So this guy jumped in and cut it for us to tap into it and as he did so, you could see the lights go out in the village."

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room, Carter was kicked out of it at gunpoint by several soldiers.

Bob and the Wailers were taken to a guesthouse 20 miles out of town; even so, there were not enough rooms for the group and Bob shared his room with Neville Garrick, Family Man, Gillie and Dennis Thomson, the engineer.

Bob took a commercial flight to Nairobi. As he waited in the transit lounge for his plane, he received an unexpected message from a royal enquerry: Prince Charles was waiting in the VIP suite; would Bob care to come and join him and pay his respects?

Bob's reply was immediate: If Prince Charles wanted to meet him, he should come out there and check him with all the people. Needless to say, Bob's invitation was not accepted.

Some time later, as Bob and the Wailers sat by the window of the departure lounge, they saw the royal party crossing the tarmac in the direction of the royal jet. When Prince Charles had walked only a few yards, however, he turned and looked up at the window where Bob was sitting. Looking directly into Bob Marley's eyes, Prince Charles smiled broadly. Then he continued on his way.

Bob and his party flew into Harare in the early evening of Sunday, 16 April.

With him were Denise Mills, Robert Partridge, and Phil Cooper, respectively the heads of press and international affairs at Island Records in London.

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"The most amazing thing," Denis remembers, "was the arrival at the airport.

Joshua Nkomo, who was Minister of Home Affairs in H.E. Robert Mugabe's new government, and various cabinet officials had to line up and shake our hands. I couldn't believe it: there were about 26 of us and I'm sure none if the people had a clue who we were.

When we went to tea at the palace with these drunken soldiers and the president, it was so English and colonial: cucumber sandwiches and lemonade-all considered a bit off by the Wailers.

However, Bob sang No Woman No Cry at the piano for the president's family."

What no one had thought to inform Bob and his team was the precise nature of the first show they would be playing: it was scheduled for the slot immediately following the ceremony in which Zimbabwe would receive its independence and was to be performed in front of only the assembled dignitaries and the media as well as the party faithful, the international luminaries included Britain's Prince Charles and India's Indira Gandhi.

Such a scheduling implied that the events would have an exact order. But instead, Carter said: "It was complete anarchy. Bob went on immediately after the flag-raising ceremony. We had arrived at 8:30 in the evening, and were leisurely getting ready.

We hadn't realised just how suddenly they expected us on stage. When they announced us, we weren't ready at all."

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In fact, the first official words uttered in Zimbabwe, following the raising of the new flag, were: "Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Marley and the Wailers."

Twenty minutes later, Bob and The Wailers started their set. As soon as the first notes rang out, pandemonium broke loose in the enormous crowd gathered by the entrance to the sports stadium: the gates shook and began to break apart as the crush increased, the citizens of Harare, both excited and angry at being excluded from seeing these inspirational musicians.

As clouds of teargas drifted almost immediately into the stadium itself, the audience on the pitch fell on their feet in an attempt to protect themselves. The group members tasted their first whiffs of the gas and left the stage. "All of a sudden," said Judy Mowatt, "you smell this thing taking over your whole body, going in your throat until you want to choke, burning your eyes. I looked at Rita (Marley) and Marcia and they were feeling the same thing."

"I feel my eyes and nose," remembered Family Man, "and think, from when I was born, I have to come all the way to Africa to experience teargas."

Bob, however seemed to have moved to a transcendent state. His eyes were shut, and for a while the gas didn't seem to have an effect at all. Then he opened his eyes and left the stage.

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wondered whether they had been brought to Zimbabwe to meet their ends.

She persuaded someone to drive her and the other I-Threes back to the hotel, only to discover on the television that the show had resumed. After about half an hour Bob and the Wailers had gone back on stage. They ended their set with Zimbabwe, a song Bob had worked on during his pilgrimage to Ethiopia late in 1978, and which became arguably his most important single composition.

Bob was just coming offstage as Mowatt and her fellow women singers returned to the stadium. "Hah," he looked at them with a half-grin, "now I know who the real revolutionaries are."

It was decided that the group would play another concert the following day, to give the ordinary people of Zimbabwe an opportunity to see Bob Marley.

Over 100 000 people-an audience that was almost entirely black- watched this show by Bob Marley and The Wailers. The group performed for an hour and a half, the musicians fired up to a point of ecstasy.

But Bob, who uncharacteristically hadn't bothered to turn up for the sound check, was strangely lacklustre in his performance; a mood of disillusionment had set in around him following the tear-gassing the previous day.

After the day's performance, the Bob Marley team was invited to spend the evening at the home of Tekere. This was not the most relaxed of social occasions.

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As the henchmen strutted around with their Kalashnikovs, Mills was informed by Tekere that he wanted Bob to stay in Zimbabwe and tour the country. "Bob told me to say he wasn't going to, but the guy didn't want to hear me."

While Bob remained in the house, Rob Partridge and Phil Cooper sat out in the garden. "I could hear," said Cooper, head of international affairs, "Tekere saying to Bob, 'I want this man Cooper. He's been going around putting your image everywhere. He's trying to portray you as a bigger man than our President.' I could hear all this.

"Then Bob came out and said to us, in hushed, perfect Queen's English; 'I think it's a good idea for you to leave'."

"Partridge and I went and packed, and took the first international flight out, which was to Nairobi. About five months later Tekere was arrested and put in jail; he had been involved in the murder of some white settler.

The next day Carter found himself being cajoled in the way Mills had been.

"Job Kadengu told me that there was a show in Bulawayo we had to do. But I was signing for trucks on behalf of the minister of development, Tekere, in other words. So we drove out to the airport with all the gear, loaded up the plane we'd chartered and left the country."From the book: Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom by Adrian Boot and Chris Salewicz, Bloomsbury Publishing, plc, 1995 RAS ART AND CRAFT NEW KINGSTON JAMAICA. W.I

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Bob Marley and the Wailers – 4/19/1980 – Salisbury, Zimbabwe

"Zimbabwe" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song had been released on the 1979 album Survival, and premiered at the Amandla Festival.

Marley wrote the song in support of the Marxist–Leninist and Maoist guerrillas fighting against the Rhodesian government in the Bush War. Shortly after Robert Mugabe's victory and ascension to power in the newly renamed Zimbabwe, Marley was invited to perform at the independence celebrations in Salisbury. His concert was briefly delayed while local security forces quelled instances of civil unrest in the city.

"Zimbabwe" was the only song from the Survival album that was regularly performed by Marley on his last Uprising Tour in 1980, other Survival songs having been dropped prior.

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How film director; Roy Agyemang brokered a peace deal with H.E. President Robert Mugabe at 90. He gives his very first interview to the BBC in almost 15 years!

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nce again I am blessed to be able to interview the one and only Roy Agyemang who after our first encounter back in 2011/2012 when he produced the first film Mugabe: Villain or Hero? (Still having screenings to date) of what was going on in The Republic Zimbabwe under the current administration. The said production went down very well indeed touring the world’s film festival as well as giving talks and lectures at some of the well-known Universities in England as well as in America even a special screening for members at the African Union (AU).

You can clearly see Roy Agyemang at the high table talking to H.E. President Robert Mugabe confirming on Camera that he will be getting his interview that was commissioned by the BBC. Here is a very candid interview that I conducted with the man himself my good friend Roy Agyemang.

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How hard was it getting the BBC to agree for you to go over on your own to conduct the said interview?

President Mugabe had refused to grant an interview to any journalist from the broadcaster for 14 years, accusing the corporation of one-sided reporting and of being a mouthpiece for the UK government. The BBC, arguing that its journalism merely covered factual events that the Harare government wanted hidden.

How did you get H.E. President Mugabe to agree to do an interview for the BBC considering how they tend to be against Africans leader unless we do what the west say we should do?

I have been filming Mugabe since 2007 for a previous documentary, we have built a relationship based on trust. I was able to leverage on that and convince President Mugabe to sit with me for the BBC. BBC Worldwide reaches 256 million people a week, it was a great opportunity for its audience to see another side to Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe Were you happy with the kind of reactions you got from the people on the ground in Zimbabwe as well as the one in England?

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have been good, they are pleased to see a balanced film on their country. The BBC complied their viewer feedback, and it was very positive, viewers appreciating the historical complexities surrounding this young country. It was also the first time they were able to see the human side of President Mugabe.

President-Robert-Mugabe-celebrates his 90th birthday.

What is the next plan for Roy Agyemang regarding Filming, Interview etc.?

I am really focused on trying to understand complex characters with big reputations, which in some cases have been misunderstood in the Western media.

How important do you think it is for majestic people to conduct such interviews other than those who tend to always show us in a bad light?

It is important for Africans to tell their own stories. The Western media is fascinated with the Continent but the stories are told from a European perspective, which in my view does not always provide a full picture of the African Continent.

How did you feel the interview went for you?

The interview was scheduled to last 1 hour but the President was kind enough to talk for 3 hours and 54 minutes. The President took me through the years, from the year he was born, right up to modern day.

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What do you think everyone will learn from your interview?

The viewer can make up their own mind about President Robert Mugabe, the facts are laid out in a fair and balanced way. What is unique is that the narrative comes from an African perspective which is refreshing.

What was life like for you in Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, I’ve always felt the country has been deeply misrepresented in the media. Like many African countries there are economic challenges but the potential for Zimbabwe to be an African giant is there.

There is an abundance of natural resources, and a good workforce. What is needed now to harness the huge potential is working with strategic and genuine partners.

Do you think the BBC were happy with the film?

The BBC was very happy with the film and the viewer feedback. I guess the broadcaster was bracing itself with for a barrage of complaints which never came. The BBC were commended by millions of viewers around the world for this alternative look at the controversial Zimbabwean leader H.E President Robert Mugabe.

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n Saturday 17th May 2014, the GUBA Foundation will be hosting its fourth autism awareness seminar at the Resource for London Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA. Watch the new advert: http://youtu.be/eQJgX6qXekM The seminar which is free to attend, promises a platform for Service Providers such as Child behaviour and development specialists, to impart knowledge and offer support to autistic families. Attendees also get the opportunity to communicate, share experiences and learn practical solutions to everyday problems in regards to autism.

Previous seminars have contributed positively towards raising awareness about the prevalence of autism within the African community; in turn, helped to alleviate several misconceptions about autism. It has also brought autistic families together, offered financial and emotional support for struggling families.

Autism affects one in every 100 people in the UK. Over 100,000 people living with this condition come from Black or Ethnic Minority (BME) communities. Despite this substantial figure, people from the BME community are typically diagnosed later than their Caucasian counterparts. One of the core aims of this upcoming seminar is to educate the BME community to help eradicate the

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GUBA Foundation Launches Fourth Autism Seminar stigma and misconceptions about autism; as it often hinders efforts to manage autistic people effectively within the community.

Speaking at the previous autism seminar which took place on 12th October 2013, Dentaa- Founder and CEO of GUBA and the GUBA Foundation reiterated the foundation’s beliefs: “Every autistic child is unique with a wealth of talent that needs to be identified and supported. With good coordinated support between education, family and supporting agencies, fostered by events such as this one, autistic children can thrive and achieve excellence. There is still a lot to do to raise the awareness of autism in the African community” The GUBA foundation serves as an instrument to educate and connect families and also aims to dispel harmful ideologies about autism. The GUBA Foundation is governed by its objectives to support, connect, engage and highlight the issues faced by those living with autism.

The upcoming seminar will be a fantastic opportunity to learn and gain practical support to deal with autism. So, if you or someone you know lives with autism, please don’t miss this opportunity to attend what will be a fulfilling and extraordinary event.

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Please do support us by sharing details of the event amongst friends and family members and on your social network portals.

To support GUBA Foundation’s work, you can donate a maximum of £10 by simply texting the word GUBA00 followed by the amount to 70070 e.g. GUBA00 £10 For more information about the GUBA Foundation, please visit www.gubafoundation.org

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WWWE is the no.1 online ticket box office dedicated to AfricanCaribbean events.

As far as African-Caribbean events goes, we’ve got it covered. Whether you’re looking for a concert, charity event, book launch, film premiere , dating event, comedy show, African & African-Caribbean exhibitions and much more –WWWE has something for you.

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omBoKloth Clothing is a new clothing label created by Roots Reggae Artist Aretha Marie-Jah, an artist with a difference.

Her jazzy voice and her melodies often reminds people of greats such as Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Jill Scott or Ericka Badu. Voicing mainly on reggae, dancehall and steppers music makes it all almost unique.

Her timbre is recognisable amongst many and her very first release “I Love The Blessings” has become a classic example and is also hailed as one of the roots and culture anthems.

On her trips to Jamaica she was overwhelmed by the countless positive reactions from popular producers and artists out there. Amongst her many encounters she met Capleton who endorsed her music and gave her the opportunity to do a video shoot at David House.

As well as singing, Aretha had a desire to design her own clothing range that would retain the culture and language of our African Ancestors. She wanted her label to reflect the highest potential of our culture and by chance, came across a video where Peter Tosh was explaining the indigenous meaning of the word Bumboclatt and how people perceived this word to be indecent

but to him, the word provided a sense of protection. The name of Aretha’s clothing label was born.

Aretha altered the spelling slightly to; BomBokloth and begun to promote her designs with her husband Stamina li and her daughter Harmony. The reaction of the name brand provoked various reactions and Aretha realised that she would be educating people as to the true meaning of the word. She maintains that IT IS NOT A SWEAR WORD, it simply means to cover the necessary regions of our body or to dress well.

Aretha and Stamina li first showcased their designs at the fashion show “L’Art De La Mode-Sprit of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean” in February this year where their use of African fabrics was applauded by the audience. Their ultimate vision is to propel the BomBokloth range as a distinctive brand in the fashion industry.

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“When one door is closed, don’t you know that many more are open” THE OFFICIAL SITE http://www.bobmarley.com/

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We are please to announce that Panache has been nominated two awards; The Afro Model Award 2014 “Best Fashion Magazine” category and The EBR Award “PR & MARKETING Category”

The Afro Model Awards is an elaborate and prestigious awards ceremony, that rewards and recognises the contributions of individuals and organisations, both of Afro Caribbean and non Afro Caribbean origins, towards the growth, development and empowerment of; Fashion, Modelling, Style, Creativity, Innovation and Personality.

The event will be taking place on 25th of May 2014, by 5.00 pm, at Crown Moran Hotel, 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3ED, London, United Kingdom.

Please help us win and vote for us now ! http://www.afromodelawards.com/#!best-fashion-magazine/csq8

The EBR Award is a Black Business Award which aims to highlight, promote and award excellence across and within private and public sector Business.

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INNOVATE OR DIE, HARD – HOW TO STAY ON TOP HAVE A BREAK, HAVE A KIT KAT, 19 DIFFERENT TYPES IN FACT.

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aking a local approach to candy bars, Nestlé recently launched 19 new Kit Kat flavours in Japan that reflect food specialities of specific districts. Each flavour is sold exclusively in the region for which it was created, making the limited edition Kit Kats popular souvenirs for travellers. Developing an intimate understanding of the local market and targeting it creatively has earned Kit Kat the position of number one confectionery brand in Japan. How else could your brand zero in on local specialties and traditions to drive deeper brand loyalty? (Taken from springwise.com) Need to get your meat in the middle of the night?

With three stores in Northern Spain, butcher Izarzugaza has installed a vending machine outside its Mundaka shop that sells a variety of meats, sausages, sandwiches and other goods around the clock. Products sold within the machine vary with the season, so summer offerings might include pasta salads while the emphasis is more on meatballs and sausages in the wintertime. (Taken from springwise. com)

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These two, out of loads of examples demonstrate companies in traditional settings who innovated, I mean really innovated to stay ahead of their competition, invigorate their customers and become a talking point across the globe. Nice touch you might think, but no, innovation today is the difference between going down like the titanic and flying like that Twitter tweety bird character thingy.

So to get those creative juices flowing here are some ideas! (Thank me later) 1. Update your product or service for no apparent reason: Apple is a good example of this. We didn’t ask for the iPhone 4 or the iPad, but its here, and with clever advertising we’re all clamouring to get our hands on both. (My iPhone 4 was delivered today – yippee) 2. Do something silly: Last year, for the F1 Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button arrived at Silverstone together in a VW camper van! After driving up from McLaren HQ in Surrey at a top speed of 55mph it was a great publicity stunt, silly, but keeps the media focussed on the team.

3. Whilst visiting a client in Berkeley Square in London I saw what looked like a milk float giving away that new Vitamin Water brand. But it wasn’t the free drink that got people queuing, they had a huge spinning

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arrow that you gave a whirl and where it landed told you which flavour you’d get! When the promo girl presented you with the bottle she explained the physical or mental benefits of that flavour...Very inexpensive with an original (ahem) spin on things.

4. Get bigger: One of the great things about the internet is that it allows you to “look” as big as your competition even if you’re still working off the kitchen table. Simply ensure that you do as much as you can to get your website looking as professional as possible. Get honest feedback, preferably from strangers, definitely not your mum.

5. Be really useful: What do your customers really like, or really want? What would be really useful to them? It doesn’t have to be anything to do with your product or service, but if you know they feel some pain in their day to day lives that you can fix with little outlay to yourself then you look great and remembered over your competition. For example if you’re a travel agent why not send each customer who books a holiday one of those inflatable pillows or a travel guide to their destination? You could buy them in bulk and have them branded; something different but related to your audience.

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6. Be a Good Samaritan: Are you an online retailer? Tonnes of competition right? Why not offer a small percentage of your sales / profits to a charity of your customer’s choice?! You might even be able to encourage those charities to reciprocate by including your logo in some of their promotional materials.

7. Inform: The majority of Google searches are for information, not purchases. Before a purchase is made consumers’ research, read and get as much information about that product or service. So, become that resource that they can go to, that expert opinion they can rely on before they buy.

So that means, blogging, making videos, writing articles, tweeting, getting active on LinkedIn or Facebook and before you know it you’ll be that “go to” guy or gal for your industry.

Feel free to give me a call during office hours, or send me a message using the contact form. I aim to respond to all queries within 24 hours.

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Connect London www.connectlondon.org is a delivery partner for the backed Start Up Loans Scheme. Providing funding, mentoring and sup businesses based in England.

If you are looking for funding for your business and have been 12 months, please contact julian.hall@connectlondon.org

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PANACHE JOKES KNOW ANY FUNNY JOKES? email us at: info@panacheoccasions.com

A Rasta man was recently arrested under suspicion of stealing a famous dog.

The man’s apartment was raided by the police, but the dog was not found.

However, a suitcase containing £500,000 was discovered underneath his bed.

The police interviewed the Rasta man: “Where did you get the money? We know that guys like you don’t just get half a million pounds saved up for a rainy day, in a suitcase under the bed”, asked the detective.

The Rasta man replied “Me nah tell you nutt’n!”

The detective said “Look, rasta. I’m gonna ask you one more time. Someone who fits your description was seen stealing a famous dog last night. Where did you get the money?”

The Rasta said nothing.

The police detective punched the Rasta guy in the face, pushed him off his chair, kicked him in the nuts, grabbed him by the dreadlocks and threw him up against the wall.

“WHERE DID YOU GET THE GOD DAMNED MONEY?!”

The Rasta could take no more. “Ok, ok mon, me tell you where me get de money!”

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I saw a some dreadlocked guys wearing glasses, so I shouted out "Rastafoureyes"! =====================

I once met a Rastafari robot. He was made of steel, but he had an iron eye.

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What do Rastas have in common with Scotland?

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