23/06/2023
HISTORY OF ROBERT NESTA MARLEY A.K.A. BOB MARLEY.
11TH MAY BOB MARLEY DAY
Noval Marley who was a British citizen and a plantation overseer who was on a working visit to Jamaica and met one beautiful tenaager called Cedella Booker who was a black tenaager from Jamaica. Cedella Booker's beauty attracted Noval Marley the British. Norval Marley entered into a cohabitation with Cedella Booker and fortunately or unfortunately, Cedella became pregnant and it was a big blow to Norval. Due to racism, the Jamaicans wanted to kill Norval Marley who impregnated Cedella. They became very upset for a British to impregnate a Jamaican teenager. This compelled Norval to returned to Britain on a Nicodemus root because of the attacks which was coming on him by the Jamaicans.
After Cedella Booker carrying the baby in her womb for nine months, she delivered peacefully on Thursday afternoon February 6th 1945 at Saint Ann in Jamaica. The baby was named after his father who was no where to be found at Jamaica. The child was named *Robert Nesta Marley* . When the younger child grew up, he was brief that his father is a British and run away from the mother after impregnating the mother due to persecution from some of the family members of Cedella Booker. When *Bob Marley* heard the story of his father, he become much worried and never wanted to know his whereabout.
*Bob Marley* went to Stepine International School at Jamaica.
When the younger Child *Bob Marley* was eleven years old, the mother took him to a welding shop for him to become a welder in future. In some few years later, he stopped the work and decided to learn how to play guitar. He was also good in singing music.
*Robert Nesta Marley* was very much into singing and playing of guitar. In 1970s and 1980s, his Raggae group called *The Wailers* were very much into Raggae music. Some of the group members were, *Bunny Livingstone and Peter Tosh*. The Raggae Legend and prophet *Bob Marley* became very popular in 1975 when he released a song, which was titled *No Woman No Cry*. This song was very much appreciated by bachelors at that time because it served as a motivation and made them so happy that man can live peacefully without a woman therefore when there is no woman in your life, there is no need to worry or cry.
In 1976, one of the Jamaica prime minister, Michael Marley organised a concert at Jamaica towards one of their elections to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections. *Bob Marley* was invited at the concert to perform and indeed he performed marvellously. When he was returning home after the concert with his wife *Rita Marley* and the manager *Don Taylor*. they were confronted by some brigand syndicate and received some gunshots at *Star 56 Hope Road at Jamaica*. Unfortunately, they had an injury but recovered later. When he released the *Survival Album* which was and is a *Prophetic* music titled *Africa Unite*in 1979, he was invited to perform at Jamaica Independence day in 1980. This song was intended to bring all African countries together. This prophecy of *Bob Marley* came to pass in 2007 when the former President of Ghana H.E. John Agyekum Kuffour held an A.U. Summit at Accra with all African head of states to discuss on how Africa can be united.
*Bob Marley*was very much into football and he was a good player. In 1977, Bob was wounded on his right big toe from a soccer injury. He battled with this injury and Doctor advised him for them to amputate his right big toe. He did not accepted the amputation advise because he believed in *Rasta Nuo Abide Amputation*. His injury became so severe and unfortunately passed on at Cedar of Lebanon Hospital in *Miami, Florida on May 11th 1981.(36 years ago)*
He was a member of Coptic Orthodox Church and his Church name was Berhane Selassie. His funeral celebration was a combination of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafarianism. He was buried near his birth place. He was a song writer, guitarist, Musian and a footballer.
*Robert Nesta Marley* had *four(4)*children with Rita Marley and *six(6)* children with separate women. He adopted *two(2)* children from Rita's previous relationship.
*Children of Bob Marley and adopted ones*
1. Sharon Marley ( *Adopted Child*)
2. Cedella Marley
3. David Ziggy
4. Stephen Marley
5. Robert Robbie
6.Rohen Marley
7.Kareem Marley
8. Stephanie Marley ( *Adopted*)
9. Ky-Mani
10.Julian Marley
11.Damian Junior Gong
12.Makeda Marley
He has many songs to his credit like
*Is This Love, No Woman No Cry, Could You Be Loved, Three Little Birds, Buffalo Soldier,Get Up Stand Up, Stir It Up, Easy Skanking, One Love / People Get, One Love / People Get Ready, I Shot the Sheriff, Waiting in Vain, Redemption Song etc*
*Chung dung Babylon, Acris, Half Eediat, Lippy Lippy an Poppy show. Jah Canchoul al a w ayarso*
Compiled by: *Agyapong Nimpong a.k.a. Ras Pastor Cashier*
*A Writer and Raggae Analyst*
