Bob Marley

0:03 Calaruga, Shark Media, hi am Mark Ellison, and today's theme is celebrating Bob Marley's birthday, Reggae, Rastafari and musical activism. Question one. 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 two. In April nineteen seventy eight, amid violent political tension in Jamaica, Bob Marley invited rival leaders Michael Manley and Edward Siega on stage and joined their hands in a symbolic call for unity. What was the name of this historic Kingston event? Question three? Which Bob Marley song draws its lyrics from Emperor Haile Selassie firsts nineteen sixty three United Nations speech condemning racism in a depression, underscoring Marley's Rastafari beliefs. Question four rooted in Rastafari ritual. What name is given to the communal drum tradition featuring bass, fun day and repeater that shaped reggae's heartbeat and appears throughout Marley's music. Question five. Bob Marley wrote and performed a song celebrating African liberation, and later played it at Zimbabwe's independence festivities in nineteen eighty even

1:34 as tear gas drifted into the venue. What is the title of that anthem? We'll be right back with these answers after this break welcome back. Question one on what date is Bob Marley's birthday? Answer February sixth, nineteen forty five. Marley was born on February sixth, nineteen forty five and nine mil Saint Anne, Paris, Jamaica. Jamaica designated February as Reggae Month, aligning with Marley's birthday in Dennis Brown's to honor the genre's cultural impact. Question two. What concert featured Marley joining Manly in Siaga's hands on stage? Answer the One Love Peace Concert, held at the National Stadium on April twenty second, nineteen seventy eight. The concert became a landmark moment of musical activism. Marley's gesture urged peace during Jamaica's polarized era. Question three which Marlee song uses Haile selasses nineteen sixty three un speech answer War War's lyrics adapt Selassie's address on racial equality reflecting Rastafari reverence for the Ethiopian emperor. The song frames music as a vehicle against injustice. Question four. What Rastafari drum tradition influenced reggae's pulse Answer, Niabingi drumming. Nyabingie Gatherings used three drums to create polyrhythms and call and response chanting. Their spiritual cadence helped define reggae's feel in songs and live performances. Question five.

3:04 Which Marlee song honored Zimbabwe and independence in nineteen eighty Answer Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe appears on Marley's nineteen seventy nine album Survival, a work focused on Pan Africanism and social justice. Marley performed it during the Independent celebrations, highlighting music's role in political change. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.