Marley’s music made plain the intricacies of poverty, ‘mental slavery’, colonialism, oppressive civil society, relationships and Rastafari – themes that are alive and well in the Caribbean and in need of much discourse. Yet, from Port-of-Spain to Montego Bay, his image is relegated to t-shirts, mugs and assorted trinkets. The only value Marley seem to present to his homeland is his ability to draw tourists to the island in search of things the government have been slow to celebrate – marijuana and a Rastafarian lifestyle still marginalized on the island today.
