Nigus Entertainment × StreamAfri present · Genna · January 2027
The Marley Family
Comes Home to Ethiopia
Bob Marley came to Africa once, in 1980. Forty-seven years later his family is invited to the land his music always pointed toward — for Genna, Ethiopian Christmas, in Addis Ababa. This page is the invitation.
Who This
Invitation Is For
Bob Marley's children carry the work forward on every continent. The invitation is open to the family and to whoever among them wishes to make the journey — together or one at a time.
Every name here is invited, none is booked. Ethiopia is not a first meeting either — members of the family have already made the journey, and Royal Fest brought the reverse journey home with Ky-Mani Marley on Ethiopian ground, to Ethiopian crowds.
The Ten Days
See the live calendar in the roomTen days, beginning the moment the family accepts. Nothing below is booked — it is what the hosts are ready to put in place, in the order it would happen.
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014 JanAddis Ababa
Arrival & state welcome
- Private terminal at Bole International, protocol officers through immigration
- Motorcade with escort to the residence
- Ethiopian coffee ceremony — the traditional welcome
- Private dinner with the hosts. No press.
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025 JanUnity Park & the Palace
The seat of the nation
- The Palace grounds and the throne rooms
- Lunch in the city
- Evening free
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036 JanWonchi Crater
The highlands
- The crater lake and the highland forest
- Lunch on the rim
- Quiet day before Genna
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047 JanLalibela
Genna · Ethiopian Christmas
- Genna observance at the rock-hewn churches
- The family’s day of welcome
- Closed to cameras entirely, at the family’s discretion
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058 JanEthiopian Science Museum
The next generation
- A conversation with young Ethiopians
- Tour of the museum and the innovation halls
- Return to the residence
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069 JanThe Addis Corridor
The city itself
- Walk of the new corridor
- Corridor session (proposed) — acoustic, open to the city
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0710 JanMeskel Square
The announcement
- Joint press moment — the family, Nigus Entertainment, StreamAfri and the Ministry of Tourism
- PR release issued simultaneously by all parties, jointly approved beforehand
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0811 JanAdey Abeba National Stadium
Concert night (proposed)
- Soundcheck and rehearsal through the day
- Ethiopia’s new national stadium, at capacity
- Broadcast across the continent by StreamAfri
- Archive and post-production retained for the family
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0912 JanKuriftu African Village
The lake
- Drive to Bishoftu
- Lake day and private programme
- Closing dinner with the hosts
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1013 JanAddis Ababa
Departure
- Morning at the lake
- Protocol departure from Bole International
Every date here is a target except Genna itself, which falls on 7 January 2027. The shape of the ten days is the hosts’ proposal — any day of it can be cut, moved or closed to the public at the family’s word.
How You Will
Be Received
This is not a booking. It is a homecoming, and the hosts intend to receive the family the way a nation receives its own — arranged with the Ministry of Tourism of Addis Ababa.
Diplomatic treatment
The family and their party are received under diplomatic protocol: state courtesies on arrival, government liaison throughout the visit, and the standing of official guests of the city rather than visiting performers.
Arrival without friction
Private terminal handling at Bole International, protocol officers through immigration and customs, and luggage and equipment cleared ahead of the party. Nobody in the group stands in a queue.
Security & ground operations
Close protection coordinated with city authorities, a dedicated convoy with escort between every venue, and secured floors at the residence. Movements are planned with the family’s own security leads, not around them.
Hospitality
Accommodation, hospitality and ground transport for the family and their party are carried by the hosts, in Addis Ababa and at Kuriftu African Village in Bishoftu.
Privacy on your terms
Which moments are filmed, which are broadcast and which are never recorded is set by the family in writing before anyone travels. Genna itself can be closed to cameras entirely.
These are undertakings by the hosts, offered with the invitation. Each one is written into the terms before anything is announced.
The City Will
Know You Are Here
Addis Ababa is a city of more than five million people, and the campaign reaches it at street level — not only online.
Buses
Full-side livery across the city bus fleet, running the main corridors daily in the weeks before the visit.
Signage
Billboards and gateway signage along the new corridor, at Bole International, and at the approach to the stadium.
Broadcast
StreamAfri carries the campaign and the concert night across the continent, with archive and post-production retained for the family.
He came once.
His family returns
to a nation ready
to be seen.
The Ethiopia
You Will Land In
Not the country of the news cycle. A capital in the middle of the largest rebuild in its history — new corridors, new museums, a new national stadium, and a tourism ministry actively opening the city to the world.
City access and programming are arranged in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism of Addis Ababa.
The Stages
of the Return
Four places, four registers — the new national stadium, a museum, a street, and a lake.
Invitation-only
Everything Else
Lives in the Room
A private space for the family, their management, and the hosts. One place to hold the conversation, the calendar, the numbers, and the paperwork — visible to both sides, at the same time.
Deal timeline
Six milestones from invitation to Genna week, each with an owner, a status, and its own thread.
Shared calendar
Every key date in one view, labelled target until agreed, with an iCal feed for your own diary.
Budget forecast
Eight cost categories, who carries each, and what is agreed versus forecast. Costed jointly, in the open.
Document vault
The invitation, term outlines, rights and privacy drafts — versioned, permissioned, recorded.