Bob Marley, reggae representant.

BOB MARLEY'S LIFE.
He was born in 1945 in Nine Mile, a small village situated high in the mountains of Jamaica, an island located in the Caribean sea. This village hadn't got running water, so the people gather rain water with a reservoir. Bob's parents were Cedella Malcom and Norval Marley (a white Jamaican, captain in the Army) and they had troubles for marrying because Norval's family strongly disapproved their union. Bob Marley died in 1981 because he suffered a fatal heart attack. You can visit his birthplace because a Mausoleum is placed on it.
There's a map where you can see Jamaica.

JAMAICA.

Last discoverer of Jamaica was Cristobal Colón in 1504. The original habitants of the island were the Arowak indians. In the 17th century, Jamaica was the world centre of piracy. Buccaneers led by Captain Henry Morgan plundered the Spanish Main bringing such riches to the island that it became as wealthy as any of Europe's leading trading centres. In the 18th century, Jamaica became the distribution centre of slaves for the entire New World, because there were a lot of black fugitive slaves (maroons) of the West Indies and Guiana.

RASTAFARI CULTURE.

Rastafari name comes from Ras (prefix used for Ethiopian princes) and Tafari (name of Haile Selassie before being crowned) because a man called Garvey said a prophecy for an African king and they thought that Hailee was the savior. That prophecy was the seed for Jamaican Rastafari. Garvey's objective was that black people could return to Africa.

The 21st of April 1966 his Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie visited to Jamaica and he had a profound impact upon Bob (he instructed Bob for the Rastafarian faith). Some of Rastafari habits are:

-Smoking ganja (that habit appeared because it was considered the wisdom seed).

-Wearing dreadlocks.

-Being vegetarian ( because they think that we must defend animals.

-Listening reggae.

There's a photo with a ganja's leaf on a background make with the colours of Rastafarian flat (green, yellow and red).

REGGAE.

Reggae is a type of music characterized because there are regular cuts on a music background know as beat.

Bob Marley's famous specially because of his music. He played reggae with a band (Bob Marley and the Wailers).Bob's music role was promoting peace and cultural understanding.

Ones of their first big hits and recording songs are 'Judge Not' and 'Do you still love me?'.

I think that some of him songs are great, but they aren't my favourite type of music.

Here's my favourite song of him, 'No woman no cry':