Survival is the eleventh studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1979.
Survival is an album with an outwardly militant theme. Some critics speculate that this was due in part to criticism Marley received for the laid-back atmosphere of his previous release, Kaya, which seemed to sidetrack the urgency of his message. In the song "Africa Unite", Marley proclaims Pan-African solidarity. The song "Zimbabwe" is a hymn dedicated to then white-dominated Rhodesia. The song was performed at Zimbabwe's Independence Celebration in 1980, just after the official declaration of Zimbabwe's independence.
Survival was originally to be called Black Survival to underscore the urgency of African unity, but the name was shortened to prevent misinterpretations of the album's theme.
thumb|right|A sample of "Zimbabwe"
Track listing
Original Tuff Gong LP
Original Island Records LP
Tuff Gong cassette
Island Records LP re-issue
The Definitive Remastered edition (2001)
Front cover
The album's front cover depicts 48 African flags and one Oceanian flag. Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Rhodesia at the time of the album's release) is represented by two political flags instead of a national flag.
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Four states already sovereign by the time of the album's release didn't have their flags featured in its cover art, though they were featured in a poster that came with the album:
- State of the Comoros
- Libya Jamahiriya
- Namibia
Two non-sovereign regions that didn't have their flags included in the cover art are also featured on the poster:
- Réunion
- Western Sahara