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02/05/2005:

"Bad vibes as tug-of-love hits Marley anniversary"

The road from Kingston to Bob Marley's mausoleum swerves and dips past stalls of sugarcane, papaya and mangoes and then hugs the hairpins of Dry Harbour mountains. Ask a man at Prickly Point the directions and he will tell you: "Bob is up there."

"Once you get up there you will feel he vibe," he adds, and then moves on with his cutlass over his shoulder.

Up in the village of Nine Miles, where Marley was born 60 years ago tomorrow, the reggae superstar - who died aged 36 in 1981 - lies encased in marble. "This is where Bob rests in peace," says Jonathan Braham, the tour guide. The question most people on the island are asking is, for how long?

Marley's family has announced plans to move his remains to Ethiopia, sparking a pan-African tug-of-love not just between his family and his fans but between the country in which he was born and the continent he revered in his religion and music.
Full Article: guardian.co.uk