On this day (April 18) in 1980, Bob Marley & The Wailers performed live at the inaugural Zimbabwe Independence celebrations as the nation gained its freedom from British imperial rule. They were the only foreign musical act invited, but the government felt their presence at this historic occasion was paramount, considering Bob's song "Zimbabwe" (and the #Survival album as a whole) had become the battle cry of the rebel soldiers fighting for the sovereignty of their land. As a new government, how