President of the Rastafari Council in Ghana, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey has stated that reggae legend Bob Marley would have supported the ongoing political uprising by the people in the Middle East. According to Ahuma Ocansey [Daddy Bosco], who is also the Programmes Director at Multimedia’s Hitz FM, “once Bob felt somebody was been either disenfranchised or somebody was been pushed down, he would say no.” He explained that the uprising in Egypt which led to the ousting of that country’s former President Hosni Mubarak was a cause Bob Marley would have supported because the uprising was by the Egyptian people, “they did everything by themselves.” On the Libyan situation, he “Bob would have said something. He would have said 'give the people a chance'.” Daddy Bosco explained that the Libyan situation was a “dicey one” if juxtaposed with the Egyptian situation because “in Egypt, the people moved, there was no foreign intervention.” Daddy Bosco made these comments on Multi TV’s current affairs programme, PM EXPRESS which discussed the relevance of Bob Marley’s works to the contemporary world. Bob Marley, born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6 1945 died at a Miami hospital on May 11 1981 after battling a cancer which started as the result of an injury he sustained during a football game. 30 years after his death, Bob Marley’s music still enjoys massive airplay on radio and television stations all over the world. His philosophies on peace, African unity and justice are still championed by some adherents of the Rastafari faith and Daddy Bosco believes Bob Marley and his works are still relevant 3 decades after his death. Daddy Bosco who is also the Overseer of the Ghana Chapter of the 12 tribes of Israel described Bob Marley as “the single individual who proved that people from an underprivileged background could rise to heights human beings just dream of...[yet] he was able to stand before Heads of State and propagate his message.” He said the music legend’s song “Redemption song” for instance sought to “tell us about the need to liberate our minds and he was pointing us in a certain spiritual direction. The issue of mental slavery is one which is very relevant today where you have a lot of Ghanaians, African and human beings thinking in a certain way.” “Bob’s thing is open your mind” he noted adding that “we are so limited in the way we think. It’s high time we realise that government will not be able to do a lot for us, politicians will not be able to do a lot for us, even your own parents, friends, it’s all about you, what you can do. Bob was saying after we liberate ourselves we have to know that spiritual matters are of essence in our dealing.” Story by Smart Nii Akrofi-Abbey/Multitvworld.com