CLASH presents a special cover moment featuring the pioneering artist and activist, Ms. Lauryn Hill. Captured in the coastal metropolis of Casablanca, this feature deviates from the conventional cover format, with Ms. Hill taking the editorial reins, moving the spotlight away from her own singular journey to that of the untold story of Mrs. . 

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Ms. Hill’s ties to the Marley family run deep and true. There’s the familial connection, yes, but before that Ms. Hill famously recorded her masterwork, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’, at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica, inspired by Bob Marley’s advocacy of peace, social justice, and Pan Africanism. But in Rita Marley, Ms. Hill encountered a matrilineal equal; an unheralded hero who courageously preserved and expanded Bob Marley’s legacy long after his death, spreading the liberatory gospel of reggae music far and wide. 

In their own words, Ms. Hill and Rita’s daughter Cedella Marley commemorate the Matriarch of reggae in her 80th year. This is a story of a wife, mother, singer, steward, philanthropist and cultural custodian. 

Ms. Hill tells CLASH: “She [Rita] refused to let the message die. Those of us who have been empowered, transformed, or touched by that message should recognise the significance of her relentless, and unwavering commitment to carrying it forward.”

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