Bob Marley Research Paper

Music is more than just an idea, it is a way of life. It is something that can create emotions in oneself that they did not know they even had. Music speaks about one’s life, their hardships and happiness, their sorrow and joy. Many types of music have done this for thousands of years, but I think that the genre that best describes life is reggae, with its soulful lyrics and laid-back island vibe it was a type of music that spoke right to your heart, and with reggae comes one name, Bob Marley. He wasn’t in it for the fame, he was in it for his absolute love for music. He was a man who spent his entire life preaching about peace over violence, he wanted to promote the idea of Rastafari, and the principle that all people were equal regardless

His father Norval Sinclair Marley married his mother, Cedella Booker, in 1945, and soon after had Bob. Norval Marley's family strongly disapproved of their union; although the Mr. Marley provided financial support, the last time Bob Marley saw his father was when he was five years old; at that time, Norval took his son to Kingston to live with his nephew, a businessman, and to attend school. Eighteen months later Cedella learned that Bob wasn't going to school and was living with an elderly couple. Alarmed, she went to Kingston, found Bob and brought him home to Nine Miles. Once he turned 12, however, he and his mother moved to Trench Town, Kingston Where he met up with his friends Neville Livingston (Later known as Bunny Wailer) and Peter Mclintosh (Later known as Peter Tosh). He made a few songs with them and a man named Joe Higgs who originally showed Robert the Rastafari movement. It only took a few years until his career took started and he became engulfed in a lifestyle of

That same year Bob Marley married Rita Anderson and joined his mother in Delaware for a few months, where he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on an assembly line at a Chrysler plant under the alias Donald Marley. In his absence from Jamaica, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I visited the island from April 21-24, 1966. His Majesty is revered as Lord and Savior, according to Rastafarian beliefs and his visit to Jamaica had a profound impact upon Rita and Bob. Bob soon adopted the Rastafarian way of life and began wearing his signature dreadlocks that he has come to be known for. Upon Bob's return to Jamaica, The Wailers established the Wail'N Soul'M label/record shop in front of his aunt's Trench Town home. The label's name identified its primary acts: The Wailers and The Soulettes, a female vocal trio featuring Rita Marley. A few successful Wailers' singles were released including "Bend Down Low" b/w "Mellow Mood" but due to lack of the money needed to keep it open, the Wailers dissolved Wail'N Soul'M in 1968, but their love of music didn’t die with