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Feb 18, 2024 · Bob Marley's parents met in Jamaica and married in 1945, but separated soon after his birth. His father was a White plantation manager and his mother was a Black teenager, and he grew up biracial in Kingston.
Aug 4, 2014 · BBC News. A musical icon and one of the best-selling artists of all time, Bob Marley lived most of his short adult life in the spotlight. It was in marked contrast to his enigmatic father about ...
Feb 6, 2024 · First off, Bob Marley was biracial — his mother was Black and his father was white. His father, Norval Marley, was an English soldier in World War I. Sometime after the war, as the BBC explains, he moved to Jamaica and became the supervisor of a plantation. It's there that he met Bob Marley's mother, Cedella Malcom, when he was 60 and she was ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Bob Marley's life inspired a new film called "Bob Marley: One Love." But little is known about the reggae musician's real father, Norval Marley.
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Bob Marley’s father was a white middle-aged plantation manager and his mother was a black woman working the ropes to survive in Jamaica, according to Rasta Man vibration.
Feb 4, 2024 · Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, to parents who were an unusual pair, especially for the time. His mother, Cedella Booker, was an 18-year-old native Jamaican; his father, Norval Marley, was a 60-year-old white Briton who was working as a supervisor on a Jamaican plantation.
Jun 18, 2020 · Learn about the life and music of Bob Marley, the Jamaican reggae legend who died of cancer in 1981. Find out who his father was, how he became a Rastafarian, and how he achieved international stardom and influence.
