I wrote the article “Bob Marley & the CIA” in London on August 19, 1992 and faxed it to my Jamaican editor Christene King for my long-running column “Entertainment Reports”, a main feature in the Jamaica Herald’s “Pure Class” magazine. It was a very provocative piece for its time because no one had ever thought [...]

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“Don’t involve I in your sésé, Rasta don’t work for no CIA! —”Rat Race”, Bob Marley/Wailers As a youngster living in Europe and growing up on the music of Bob Marley & the Wailers, I thought the above quoted line in “Rat Race” was a clever use of revolutionary lyrics but never placed much emphasis [...]

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