The Life Of Bob Marley

The Life Of Bob Marley

Bob Marley was born on 6th February 1945, in the hills of Jamaica by

the Parish of St. Annes. His mother came from a very respectable black

family called the Malcolms. They were farmers and known well to be

hardworking and clean people. When she told her father that she was

pregnant, he was furious and he felt even worse when she told him that

the father of her child was Captain Norval Marley of the English East

Indian Regiment. The Marleys were white Jamaicans who were well known

to hate blacks, but the worst thing was that she was 18 when he was

nearly 50.

Eventually her father's anger subsided and the couple were married in

June 1944. Soon after Captain Marley went to Kingston which is the

capital of Jamaica to work. He rarely came back and by the time Bob

was six, he hardly ever saw his father.

As a small boy, he sometimes read peoples palms to predict their

future in order to gain some extra money. He Went to Kingston to live

for a while and by the time, he had returned the fortune telling had

stopped and Bob had begun singing. He had had heard his mother singing

around the house. She was very religious and sang spiritual songs all

the time. Bob used to sing with her but eventually learned to

accompany himself on an acoustic guitar made by his uncle a carpenter.

When he was 12, he went to live in Kingston. He lived in the slum area

of the city, in the poorest houses set up by the government. In these

houses, some dangerous diseases spread rather quickly. It was here

that Bob learnt his sense of rebellion against injustice. He saw the

people around him were poor and kept down by the government w...

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ü No Tobacco

ü No Meat

ü No Sugar Based Drinks

ü No Salt

Women -

Women cannot wear make-up or perfume and must always dress modestly.

Nor can women smoke from the chillum, clay pipe in which Rastas smoke

Ganja, which is light cannabis.

Herb -

Smoking herb is a very important part of Rasta life. They believe it

helps them think well as it comes from the Earth so it must be good.

Conclusion -

[IMAGE]Rasta is quite a different to other religions. This religion

has not been very well thought out though. Their excuse to smoke Ganja

or drugs was because it comes from the Earth so it must be good, so

why are they not allowed to smoke tobacco as tobacco also comes from

the Earth. This is also a very sexist religion as women are not

allowed to many things, but men are.