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Prime Minister, because you said that you and I are friends, right? So you say. Said Tosh at one stage: “I talking to you Mr.

Tosh coloured his protest with indecent language as he called on the Prime Minister to “free ganja smoking”. Just 90 minutes before a former member of Bob’s group, the Wailers, singer Peter tosh, had given a tongue lashing to the political leaders. Manley walked in different directions to their seats. Senator Thompson watched the proceedings from his reserved seat. Rastafarians ran onstage with a lighted chillum pipe used in smoking ganja and started passing it around to the dozens of people who had joined them. Bob told them to shake hands, they gave a firm handshake, before gripping Bob’s hand and all three held up for the crowd to see a pyramid shaped grip of hands as Bob belted out the show’s theme song “One Love”. Manley joined the opposition Leader on stage.

He walked to ten-foot high stage, held out his hands and was hauled up by peace initiator Claudius Massop and a stage band.Ī few minutes later, Mr. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. Superstar Marley was close to the end of his 45 minute performance when he requested Mr. PRIME MINISTER Michael Manley and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga locked hands and danced a short jig as the curtain went down on Saturday night’s “One Love” concert, in aid of the peace efforts at the National Stadium.Ī full moon dodging between patches of dark clouds dangled overheads some 25,000 people including the two political leaders, Minister of National Security Senator Dudley Thompson and his Opposition rival, Senator Winston Spaulding, were treated to a marathon trouble-free show climaxing with the performance of International Reggae star Bob Marley. Reggae icon Bob Marley, not long after being shot, went to the ‘One Love’ concert and famously, and maybe heroically, got Prime Minister Michael Manley and Opposition leader Edward Seaga, to hold hands in a display of unity that belied the bitter violence that had gripped the island ahead of the 1980 election, to this day considered the most bloody in the country’s history.