A Jamaican legislator is asking the country's parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are distancing themselves from their colonial past.

Make reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, proposes Jamaican legislator

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who was the last surviving founding member of the legendary group The Wailers, died at the age of 73 on Tuesday. He died in Jamaica. Born as Neville Livingston, Bunny Wailer had founded The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the capital of Kingston.

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer of The Wailers no more

A reggae artist has returned from self-imposed exile in the United States to his native Sudan to perform for thousands of fans in Khartoum in the wake of the removal from power and imprisonment of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.

Sudan musician returns home after al-Bashir ouster

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