Matthew Mays
Mr. Hedgpeth
English 1050-023
October 8, 2008
Bob Marley
Norval Marley, a white seaman from England, and Cedella Booker, a black Jamaican, only had one child (Gilmore 1), their son, Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley (Romer), and although disputed by his mother, on April 6, 1945 (White xi). Cedella argues that Bob was born exactly two months earlier, in February (White xi). Cedella didn’t report Bob’s birth for fear of punishment for having a white man’s son (Gilmore 1). Bob Marley’s father died at the age of 60 due to a heart attack; it was then that Cedella and Bob moved out of St. Anne, Jamaica, where Bob was born, to Kingston, Jamaica (Romer).
When Bob and his mother arrived in Kingston they shared a room in a building on Nelson Street. Later they were able to move into Bob’s uncle’s house. While in Kingston Bob attended many schools: Ebenezer, Wesley, and St. Aloyius, but at the age of 14 Marley developed an apathetic attitude for......

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