Should Bob Marley be a National Hero?

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Which other Jamaican has had the impact that Bob Marley has had? Go ahead… I’ll wait…
Bob Marley contributed so much to Jamaica, even almost sacrificing his life to spread his message of peace and love… but he’s still not a National Hero.
Whether or not you agree on if he’s fit to be a National Hero, you can’t deny his impact on Jamaica in so many ways.
What do you think? Is it time to make him a National Hero?
➡️Read a transcript of this video here:
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[@ewancameron5192]

The world knows Bob Marley more than the heroes and Prime Ministers of Jamaica

[@dy6682]

Jamaicans need to study their history to learn about their national heroes and their contribution to the future of Jamaica. Respect

[@PattieDavis-hi2yo]

I live in Kentucky, USA. I'm white, 72 years old. I don't care what anyone says about Bob Marley. He was a hero. Noone here are for the people. They are for their self. What does it matter how many kids he had. He cared for all of them. If it was ok with his wife, then stay out of it. God loves him and he loves God. He is a hero in my eyes. YES he should be a hero there.

[@Japowuk]

100% agree. He is right there with King, Mandela, Kennedy etc. People don’t realise what Bob has done for Jamaica

[@dy6682]

My answer is : Ask the people of Jamaica to decide this one . As a Guyanese , I’m going to sit this one out . Bless up .

[@orleypowell5018]

Gentle people, when I was taking Common Entrance Exams years ago there was an emphasis on a subject called Comprehension. I realize that some people are ready to attack Kalilah without understanding what she is saying. There are many great people who were the foundation of Reggae music and they spread the genre far and wide. We pay homage to them and the respect, love and admiration will forever be there. Bob Marley however took the message much further than just music. He charted the course in a number of Socio-political and Socio-economic ways which have inspired many both nationally and internationally. Please listen to what Kalilah is saying and leave the emotions out of your thought process. This video is not just about music. It is about a legacy that has touched many and varied facets of our social landscape.

[@GerardMeade]

Absolutely, overdue over 49 years ago!

[@davidd9114]

Those who are denying this fact are closely aligned with our colonizers who's allegiance to the crown is undeniable. Bob's introduced the world to Jamaican culture and the world responded by making Jamaica a hot bed for the entire tourist industry and beyond.

[@rogerdat37]

This should not even be a question when we have politicians who have never done anything for Jamaica are given national hero status, and this man has done so much for Jamaica and still continues to do.

[@ewancameron5192]

Politicians are oppressors they can't be heroes

[@24tody]

And yet Barbados made Rihanna a national hero, Bob Marley should have been a national hero 40 yrs ago

[@boyyobpp]

Let's name some of Rihanna's crimes

[@salouis8402]

Exactly as much as I like RiRi Bob Marley had done way more imo 🫶.

[@LalibelaNile_DIS-MIS-MAL-info]

For the fact that one of Jamaica’s national heroes married his first cousin and another of the heroes attempted genocide against Rastafari, morality ought not to be used to preclude Bob Marley from rightfully becoming a national hero.

[@fukkatsu4]

100% agree

[@CarolineSib]

Well said.

[@daviansmith6511]

Totally agree

[@orleypowell5018]

Kalilah you are not alone. I am 100 percent in agreement. I am putting pen to paper. My voice will also be heard with regards to this issue❤ 🇯🇲 Thanks for sharing.

[@kaseRool-s1m]

strongly disagree ...we have a history of giving popular people undue credit...we overlooked Cuffy and Captain Cojo and many other true freedom fighters and gave two politicians hero status and now we want to talk about giving hero status to musicians and sports men

[@Ackeejuice-zi7nf]

I Like YOUR video and you are very right , Bob is more than a national hero , he is a saint ...if the babylon dont annoint him , Jah did from the begining .

[@donaldturnbull]

As usual great people are not celebrated in their own home land.

[@portlandportland-s2n]

i personally believe no politician should be a national hero or heroine jamaica was and is still govern by the colonizers they never leave they are there in the form a politicians therefore only freedom fighters should be heroes or heroine of jamaica and fits perfectly as a freedom fighter

[@kingston872]

I get the appeal of wanting Bob Marley to be a national hero. I am not a fan of him being a national hero, but I wouldn't be mad or disappointed if that honor was bestowed on him . According to the opm website " The honour of the Order of National Hero may be conferred upon any person who was born in Jamaica or is, or at the time of his or her death was, a citizen of Jamaica and rendered to Jamaica service of a most distinguished nature." That being said Bob Marley would be a good fit. However I think the term hero can be a used a little too loosely sometimes and in modern society can be a little watered down. If a man runs a couple hundred meters races of scores a few world cup goals should he be considered a hero? Likewise if he wrote a few songs that yes appealed to our consciousness and may have spawned movements is he truly a hero? If you ask me the real heros are the ones we take for granted and are often the ones we never know. What about the doctors and nurses who saved lives during the pandemic or just in general? What is more important a nice song a actual lives of people? What about those people who developed vaccines to save lives? Polio was a horrible disease and it's now virtually irradicated. What about those who developed new techniques in agriculture so that we can have good quality food and nutrition feeding a bigger population? I tell you this If a Bob Marley is playing and I am starving I don't have time to think about the lyrics of his songs. I say all of this to say that the real heros are those who save lives, those who cure and prevent us of disease and those who prevent us from starving to death. That being said I have two people in mind for National Hero over Bob Marley. One is Mary Sacole : Although 'Jamaican' she was born in the island at a time we were under the British empire and is considered British in some books so she might not even fit the criteria but she did save actual lives of dying people during the war. Honoring someone like secole with such a high honor also forever honors our nurses who have to deal with the vomit, urine and faeces of us all when we are desperately ill and they are trying to keep us alive. The other person I have in mind Dr. Thomas P. Lecky. Lecky developed the first breeds of cattle indigenous to Jamaican and this led to the creation of the diary industry here in the island. Can you say self reliance and feeding the nation. So again I ask in the grand schemes of things a healthy population and a population that is not starving is much more critical but then again this an unpopular opinion. I will let it rest here. Whether Bob Marley is a hero or not doesn't affect the price of rice.

[@mikelee9516]

He should be on the money.🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@r1r2l1l2x]

Indeed sis... I strongly believe that this is to be done too.... Kartel claims himself as the dancehall hero. Full time Bob needs to be idolize as a National Treasure

[@geeroy8880]

Bob Marley should be a National Heroe!! But here's a correction for you ..holding up Michael Manley and Seaga's hands over his head wasn't in war times.. .... that was the PEACE Concert ....not the Smile Jamaica concert when he was shot days before!!!

[@Hybrid-Mel]

Still fighting down the Rastafarians it seems Rhianna not anywhere close to Bob don’t care how rich she is , talking about substance

[@geemendez6524]

My take on this is Copyrights issue marketing Bob Likes and Content s and images...Bob Marley Foundation and Estates would be giving up some Rights..to Jamaica Government and the Tourists industry to use his images and Likes..without Compensation That the Bob Marley Foundation of to Protect..that's just my view

[@meskelsounds]

He laid his life on the line for this nation at the price of his family and so much more But it’s because he loves Rastafari so they keep denying him. Not wanting to empower the movement of Rastafari any further than it has empower its self #fixuplife #ovakumnation

[@kaseRool-s1m]

strongly disagree ...we have a history of giving popular people undue credit...we overlooked Cuffy and Captain Cojo and many other true freedom fighters and gave two politicians hero status and now we want to talk about giving hero status to musicians and sports men....will we consider dons for hero status next.

[@freedom3390]

Can you say it louder so the powers that be can hear it. Bob Marley has been my hero, I’m just waiting for the fools in parliament to catch up to the rest of us. Thank you for this video.

[@winstonfisher9684]

Nationallity is over rated. Bob is an Internation hero. His messages is, his real work. Wake up people.

[@sharri5412]

Absolutely not... being a hero is not about popularity and fame ... otherwise a million people would....

[@beingukie]

This video should be played in parliament.....maybe it will convince them to do the right thing.

[@waltin5179]

BROGARD BOOMBOCLAAT ..

[@JoyMarie729]

No, part of the reason he was global is his colour. Also have you seen his interviews. Make you wonder who wrote all the songs.

[@andrewmacc340]

Which interview yuh a talk about,, you only mention it because of the patios, but ,, me watch most if not all his interviews,and the man handle all of them well,, unlike you uptown friend Weh used big words fi sound intellect, and why the rest nuh use them colors and get global?.. usain, Shelly, Marlene , plus Marcus Garvey is global

[@michaelgrant5312]

You must be from uptown why you talk like that and you must be also bad mind and grudgeful

[@hillb4642]

I don't agree him being a National Hero.

[@Rasheed-u6h]

Hero for what?

[@hotbiz123]

No Hero! Bob Morley is not a Hero, and I don't know where you're getting you info from? But you're so misinformed on what you're saying. Bob Morley! He was not the foundation of Reggae or Jamaican Music, or was the first one to take it World Wide. These Person were doing it long before Bob came on the seen! Prince Buster and the Skatalites, followed by Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Decker, Millie Small, The Upsetters, Alton Ellis, Owen Gray Derrick Morgan, Ken Boothe, and much more. London was the HQ, for music in the 60's and 70's and 80's; and some of the greatiest and most infuliancial Bands and singer was on Chris Blackwell Island Record, such as Marianne Faithfull, Milli Small, The Spencer Davis Group, Jethro Tull, Traffic, King Crimson, Cat Steven Roxy Music, and U2...If anyone in the music business should be an hero it's Chris Blackwell! I know his true story, but thats for another time, because most of what you're saying about Bob would not be possible without Cris Blackwell! Now back to the world of Reggae! Jimmy Cliff was touring Europe and Africa long before Bob, Desmond Decker, Jimmy Cliff, Nicky Thomas, Millie Small had Chart Success in Europe before Bob Marley. There is ao many others who have pave the way and make it possible for Bob Marley. The album Catch A Fire which launch his career was overdubbed with guitar solo and other instrument, which was Blackwell idea, the marketing strategy of where he should performed, was from Blackwell exerience with his rock bands on his label..I think before you make statement like what you're making you need to do more reserch, at least I work for Island Record...

[@quickslices3012]

But that's like saying that Serena and Venus' talent really wasn't there and it was their father who did all the heavy lifting. You as well as I know that Bob was the one to truly bring Reggae to the forefront of cultural consciousness

[@hotbiz123]

@@quickslices3012 No matter how much tallent you have, If you don't get the exposure the world won't know about you, Blackwell gave him the money to record Catch a Fire album. I don't think you can understand what was going on back in those days. Reggae was born in Jamaica, but promoted and grew in England, London was the launching pad for most music back then. People in Jamaica just jump on the banwagon, after Marley got big in Europe...

[@vincentnwokocha9988]

This is a Million Dollar comment that summarizes the fame and popularity of Bob Marley. YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL...!

[@vincentnwokocha9988]

Chris Blackwell was truly the brain behind Bob Marley's Fame...Popularity and Global acceptance.

[@vincentnwokocha9988]

@Hotbiz123...Please Archive that Comment and say it everywhere for people to understand how Bob Marley was made a Global name...

[@marloclarke2149]

I have a big problem wid your, headline, r whatever you want to call it…. Why it couldn’t be… “this is OUR Hero”???? Stop talk about people, for views & comment… talk about yourself, that’s what your platform for… to talk about yourself. Bout, “IS THIS YOUR HERO???”!!! Leave the man alone… did you ever met him before??? You’re not clever! How much money KZbin is going to pay you for this???