Smile Jamaica Concert of the concert series. Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government, an alternative historical novel by David Dusty Couples, weaves fact and fiction to dramatize the concert. The novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings" by Marlon James dramatizes the attempt on Marley's life, including other events leading up to the Smile Jamaica concert. Smile Jamaica Concert The Smile Jamaica Concert was a concert held on December 5, 1976, at the National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica, performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers. Marley originally agreed to perform one song for the 80,000
Cannabis in Jamaica Cannabis in Jamaica Cannabis in Jamaica is illegal, but possession of small amounts was reduced to a petty offense in 2015. Cannabis is locally known as "ganja", and internationally cannabis consumption plays a prominent role in the nation's public image, being tied to cultural touchstones such as Rastafari and reggae music. Cannabis was introduced to Jamaica in the 1850s–1860s by indentured servants imported from India during British rule of both nations; many of the terms used in cannabis culture in Jamaica are based on Indian terms, including the term "ganja". Cannabis was banned in Jamaica under the 1913 Ganja Law,