Bob Marley's image in nowadays Europe

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On 24th August 2008, a Bob Marley statue was unveiled in a south-east Serbian town, Banatski Sokolac . It was advertised as the unveiling of the first Bob Marley statue in Europe, and brought in thousands of people, mostly Serbian reggae fans. Although the statue is said to be appalling, this event highlights the potential of Marley's message through time and throughout the world. In any region of the world, devastated by ethnic struggles and massacres, the statement 'Bob Marley, fighter for freedom armed with a guitar' has indeed a special meaning. That is why, through this anecdotal example, we can't help but wonder about the Jamaican legend and his message, which is relevant to Europeans even today.

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[...] Bob Marley's image in nowadays Europe Last August, a Bob Marley statue was unveiled in a three hundred south- east Serbian town, namely Banatski Sokolac[1]. It was advertised as the unveiling of the first Bob Marley statue in Europe, and brought in thousands of people, mostly Serbian reggae fans. Although the statue is said to be horrible, this event highlights the strength of Marley's message through time and through the world. In a region of the world recently devastated by ethnic struggles and massacres, the statement craved on the artwork "Bob Marley, fighter for freedom armed with a guitar”[2] has indeed a special meaning. [...]

[...] Bob Marley is thus a worldwide known symbol of fraternity and peace, and is considered as so in Europe too. II. The limits to its symbolic role in Europe Nonetheless, even though what Bob accomplished in his country for peace is admired by the entire world, it is true that the relevance of his work in nowadays Europe is limited. Parallels are hard to make between 21st century Europe political situation and 1970's Jamaica situation. Europe is a continent whose contemporary history is full of wars and race hatred. [...]

[...] est affreuse. Consulté le November sur Europe1.fr: http://www.europe1.fr/Decouverte/Talents-et-personnalite/Musique/La- premiere-statue-de-Bob-Marley-en-Europe-est-affreuse/(gid)/159076 NouvelObs.com. (2008, August 24). La Serbie inaugure la première statue de Bob Marley en Europe. Consulté le November sur NouvelObs.com: http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/culture/20080824.OBS8535/la_serbie _inaugure_la_premiere_statue_de_bob_marley_en_.html?idfx=RSS_notr WHITE, T. (2000). Catch a Fire: the life of Bob Marley. Omnibus Press. [...]

[...] What's more, the fact that the statue is located in the Banat affects the strength of Bob's true message because this region has also seen the erection of a Rocky Balboa[4] statue the year before, and thus this region is more considered as the Serbian Disneyland than a land promoting freedom. Finally, a journalist covering the event reported that most of the inhabitants of the Serbian village have never heard about the reggae eternal superstar[5]. Bibliography APATOFF, B. (2008, August 28). Bob Marley statue unveiled in Europe. Consulté le November sur BobMarley.com: http://web.bobmarley.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080828&contentid=95293 FAVIER, H. (2008, August 28). La première statue de Bob Marley en Europe . [...]