Bob Marley

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Bob Marley
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• On Feb. 6, 1945, Robert Nesta Marley was born in
  Jamaica in Nine Miles within the Parish of
  St.Ann.

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• Bob spent his early years with his mother in St.
  Ann, then during his teens they moved to
  Kingston, the capitol of Jamaica.
• He developed a love for singing early on through
  his involvement in the church choir and the
  encouragement from friend Desmond Dekker.

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Religion

• Bob's earliest experience with religion was
  guided by his mother's upbringing in
  Christianity. As a youth he spent time developing
  his musical awareness in the church choir.
• Later,he converted to Rastafarianism through the
  influences of those close to him (wife
  Rita,friends Jow Higgs and Bunny Livingston..)

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Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia,
accepted as God incarnate, called Jah.
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Marleys influence

• Joe Higgs held great influence in Marley's rise
  to success. He was a Rastafarian in Kingston who
  encouraged and nutured young musicians by
  offering free music coaching at his home.
• Later, he joined Bob, becoming Bunny Livingston's
  replacement in the 1973 US tour.

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The Wailing Wailers

• Bob formed the Wailing Wailers in 1962. The group
  was so named as Bob explained that , "In those
  days we were always crying".
• At the end of 1963, the Coxsone Dodd label
  released the Wailing Wailers' first single
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  "Simmer Down".
• This song was written in response to the
  disturbances in the ghettos between the Rastas
  and the authorities telling everyone just to
  "cool it".

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• This was also the first time for Bob and the
  group's popularity to reach outside of Trenchtown
  
• Ska music was becoming relatively more well known
  and the so called Rude Boy anthems about the
  violence in the ghettos took on a cult like
  following.

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Bob Marley and The Wailers
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Family

• In 1966, Bob married Alpharita Anderson, better
  known as Rita.She was a singer herself and later
  would form the I-Three, which became the back up
  group for the Wailers.
• Together Bob and Rita had their children Sharon,
  Ziggy, Cedella, Steven and Damian who are all
  muscially talented, and make up the Melody Makers.

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Rita Marley
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UN Peace Medal

• Almost assassinated in 1976 in his Kingston home
  ,Marley was given the UN Peace Medal on behalf of
  500 million Africans in 1978 for his humanitarian
  achievements.

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One love peace concert

• The One Love Peace Concert was a large concert
  held on April 22, 1978 at The National Stadium in
  Kingston, Jamaica.
• This concert was held during a political civil
  war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican
  Labour Party and the Peoples National Party. The
  concert came to its peak during Bob Marley and
  The Wailers' performance of "Jammin'", when
  Marley joined the hands of political rivals
  Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP).

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Marleys death

• On Monday, May 11, 1981 Bob Marley died at the
  age of 36.
• At first Bob went to the hospital for an injury
  left un-attended to his toe from a soccer
  accident, when he was diagnosed with cancer in
  his liver, lungs, and brain.

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• He spent his last
• year in several
• hospitals where
• news of his health
• were closely watched by all.
• Finally, four days after he passed away, the
  world was given notification that the Rastafarian
  phrophet had died, and a state funneral was held
  in his honor.

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