Imashi elandelayo Umkhosi osuselwa empilweni nasemsebenzini womculo kaBob Marley uzoqala ukukhonjiswa eBirmingham, lapho izingoma ezinkulu zakudala zingeke ziswele, njenge- "No Woman No Cry", "Exodus", "I Shot the sheriff", nezinye eziningi.
Umbukiso ulandela iskripthi futhi ungaphansi kokuqondiswa kwe- Kwame Kwei Armah y inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yohlelo lwakho UMarley, ayibeka eBaltimore ngonyaka odlule. Umbukiso wokuqala uzobanjelwa eRepertory Theatre, futhi uzoba ngoMashi 10.
Umndeni wakwaMarley uwamukele lo mkhosi, kufaka phakathi indodakazi yomculi wasenganekwaneni, uCadella, obone ukufaneleka kweBirmingham ngokukhonjiswa komkhosi, phakathi kokunye ukwehluka okukhulu kwamasiko akuleli dolobha. Ngamazwi akhe "ukuxoxa le ndaba ngomculo esizukulwaneni esisha eBirmingham kuzoba yingxenye yeqiniso lokuthi ifa lakhe liyaqhubeka."
Khumbula lokho UBob Marley wadlula emhlabeni esibhedlela eMiami ngoMeyi 11, 1981, emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokuthola i-Order of Merit yaseJamican ngenhlonipho yokunikela kwakhe kumasiko ezwe. Ngemuva komngcwabo osemthethweni wabantu baseJamaica, uMhlonishwa uRobert Nesta Marley OM, okwakuyigama lakhe, wangcwatshwa ezweni lakubo, enyakatho yesiqhingi.
Umngcwabo walo mculi ubuhanjelwe osopolitiki baseJamaica bazo zonke izinkolelo. Iminyaka yakhe engama-36 ekhonze uMarley ukuthi anikele, kusukela ekudalweni kwakhe kwezomculo, ifa elikhulu kuze kube manje nangesikhathi esizayo. Iminyaka engama-36 yamsebenzela ukudala inganekwane ezohlala ikhona kuyo yonke iminyaka ezayo, nenganekwane engenakuqhathaniswa.
Ohambweni lwakho, UBob wayehlala njalo efuna isisombululo sezinkinga zenhlalo lokho kuthinte isiqhingi saseJamaican, futhi yilokho kukhathazeka kwezenhlalo okwaholela ekutheni lo mculi adutshulwe ngo-1976. Lokhu akugcinanga ngokumvimba, kepha kwaba yisikhuthazo sokuqhubeka nokulwela ukuthula nokubuyisana.