At age 12, Bob and his mother left for Kingston for a better life. At Trench Town, Kingston, Bob Marley was exposed to so many things including music. Though his mother was trying very hard to give Bob a formal education, he did not find it interesting and opted for music, joining friends who were in the same field. In his teens, he met the likes of Desmond Decker whom he worked with as a welder but both later got into music.
Several friends tried convincing Bob including Neville Livingston of the Wailers band about the need to have at least a college education, he insisted on getting into music and his first song “Judge Not” was recorded by Beverley Records in 1962 when he about 17 years.
From here, Bobs musical career began. After several storms in the world of music, he made it to the top. Bob Marley touched the world with his style of music and content which gave him a lot of recognition.
It was through music that he met his wife, Rita Marley. He was blessed with 11 children though from different relationships including Rita’s.
The dream of bringing the world together through his life was short lived as he passed away at age 36, on 11th May,1981. Bob Marley’s death came as one of the shocking moments in the lives of many people who were alive at the time and even the unborn generation. This was simply due to how he was able to touch the hearts of many regardless of one’s religion, ethnicity or race, gender among others....
From Bob Marley’s 36 years of fulfilling life, many have been and could be learnt from him. The following are a few of the qualities he possessed.
First of all, Bob was enduring and hardworking. At a very young age, certain chores such as feeding horse, donkey, milking cow among others which were reserved for his uncles were equally performed by him....
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