On the Marley trod Down Under with Ras RoJah
On the Marley trod Down Under with Ras RoJah
In England, there’s a saying: “Bob’s your uncle.” But in New Zealand, it’s a fact. “Uncle Bob” Marley is how the Maori and other Kiwis refer to the Reggae King, and each year on February 6, everyone gets the day off.
That’s because the anniversary of Bob’s birth coincides with New Zealand’s own national holiday, Treaty Day, commemorating a document signed by Maori and English colonialists in 1820. Nobody seems to give a hoot about that anymore, and the day is celebrated instead with rousing reggae concerts in Bob’s honour, and radio stations playing hours and hours of his music.