On April 22, 1978, reggae legend Bob Marley hosted the historic One Love Peace Concert at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Taking place amid intense political violence between the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the concert aimed to promote peace and unity through music.
The event’s most unforgettable moment came when Marley brought political rivals Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP) onstage and joined their hands together — a powerful gesture of reconciliation witnessed by 32,000 attendees and the world. Marley, who had survived an assassination attempt just two years prior, risked his life to use music as a force for healing and national transformation.
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