the plinth for Bob
My apartment in Gerji lies off the southern ring-road
in what should be the coolest landmark in Addis – the Bob Marley roundabout.
As a Rastafarian, Bob’s spiritual home was Ethiopia.
Indeed, his widow Rita tried, but failed to get his body exhumed from Jamaica
and relocated to Sheshamane – land given by Haile Selassie to the Rastafarian
community.
However the Bob Marley statue will remain solely a
plinth. His Estate has informed the relevant authorities in Addis that no
statue should be erected of Bob, without a statue to Haile Selassie first. And
that is just not gonna happen in my life-time at least.
