- Feb 2, 1945-Meyi 11, 1981
- UMarley wayenesisa kakhulu ngemali yakhe. Wathenga izindlu waza waxhasa amahlwempu amaninzi eJamaica.
- Umama wakhe uCedella wayengummi waseJamaican oneminyaka eyi-17, utata wakhe uNorval wayeligosa lomkhosi laseBrithani elimhlophe kwiminyaka yakhe engama-50. UBob wayengafane ambone uyise.
- Wasiyeka isikolo eneminyaka eli-15 ukuze aqeqeshelwe ukuwelda.
- UMarley wachitha inyanga entolongweni ngo-1968 ngenxa yokuba nentsangu. Wadibana namabanjwa awadibana nawo waza waqalisa ukubhala iingoma zezopolitiko ezingakumbi.
- De iJamaica yafumana inkululeko kwiBritani ngowe-1962, izikhululo zikanomathotholo zazidlalela abamhlophe, abakumgangatho ophezulu umculo. UMarley nabanye abantu bomthonyama baseka iinkqubo zesandi esiphathwayo ukuze badlale isingqi seReggae ababesenza.
- UMarley wasweleka ngenxa yomhlaza weMelanoma – umhlaza ochaphazela abantu abamhlophe kuphela. Umhlaza wawukwinzwane yakhe, phantsi kozipho lwakhe. Wafumanisa xa wonzakala uzwane kumdlalo webhola ekhatywayo ngo-1977, kwaye elo nxeba alizange liphole ngokupheleleyo phantse iminyaka emithathu. Oogqirha bakhe babebhidekile ukuba unokuba nayo njani iMelanoma, kodwa bafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba ekubeni utata kaBob Marley wayengumJamani omhlophe waseJamaica nonesidima samaNgesi, uBob wayenomzila wemfuza owamenza wachanabeka kolu hlobo lomhlaza. UMarley wala ukunqunyulwa uzwane, njengoko unqulo lwamaRasta luyakwalela ukuguqulwa komzimba. Umhlaza wanwenwela esiswini, emiphungeni nasengqondweni waza wambulala. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
URajina - eSydney, eOstreliya - Igama lakhe lesidlaliso 'nguTuff Gong.' Waseta ileyibhile yerekhodi ebizwa ngokuba yiTuff Gong Records.
- Kukho imyuziyam yaseBob Marley eHope Road eKingston, eJamaica, apho wayekhe wahlala khona.
- ULauryn Hill watshata nonyana kaMarley uRohan, owayedlala ibhola kwiMiami Hurricanes. Banabantwana abathathu kunye.
- Ixesha Marley's iEksodus icwecwe elihle kakhulu lenkulungwane yama-20.
- UJimmy Cliff wanceda uMarley ukuba afumane isivumelwano sakhe sokuqala sokurekhoda. UChris Blackwell weSiqithi seeRekhodi watyikitya uBob Marley kunye nabakwaWailers emva kokuba uCliff, owayengumdlali odumileyo wereggae, eyishiyile ileyibhile.
UJimmy Cliff wayengumntu we-A&R weleyibhile yaseJamaican iBeverley xa wafumanisa uBob Marley. Wakhumbula ke Enganqunyulwanga Iphephancwadi elithi: 'Waye wathunyelwa kum nguDesmond Dekker endandimvavanye ngaphambili. Warekhoda ingoma yakhe, ngoko waya waxelela uBob njengoko bobabini babedla ngokusebenza kwindawo enye, njengabashicileli. UBob Marley wangena njengomntu ongxamele ukuya ndaweni ithile. Ndaziva ukuba ungumntu onesingqisho kakhulu, kwaye ewazi kakhulu amandla wamagama - owandixelela ukuba uya kuba yinkwenkwezi. Kuyimvakalelo entle ukwazi ukuba wadlula ezandleni zam.' - Iqela lakhe iThe Wailers laqaliswa kukhenketho ngo-1973 kuba laliphakamisa abaphambili, iSly And The Family Stone.
- Unyana kaBob omdala, uZiggy, wafumana udumo kwangoko ngesenzo sosapho iMelody Makers, ekwaquka amanye amalungu aliqela enzalo kaMarley. UDamian Marley, ongoyena mncinane kubantwana bakaBob abali-13, ngumntakwabo ka-Bob kubo bonke abakwaMarley, imveliso yowayesakuba ngumthandi kaBob uCindy Breakspeare. Kunokuthiwa uDamian uphumelele kakhulu kwiiMarley ezininzi; nguye kuphela igcisa lereggae embalini owakhe waphumelela iiGrammys ezimbini ngobusuku obunye. UStephen Marley ukwangowokonwabisa yena kwaye okwexeshana elifutshane ebeyinxalenye kaZiggy Marley kunye neMelody Makers kunye noodade uCedella noSharon Marley. UCedella ngumntwana kaRita Marley noBob ngelixa uSharon wayeyintombi kaRita kwenye indoda kwaye emva koko wamkelwa nguBob.
- Nangona wafa ngo-1981, uMarley usathengisa ama-albhamu amaninzi ngonyaka kunanoma yimuphi omnye umculi weReggae.
- UBono wangenisa uMarley kwiRock kunye neRoll Hall of Fame.
- UMarley wayeliRasta. Ngaloo ndlela, wayengumntu othanda imifuno kwaye wayekholelwa ukuba intsangu (ganga), sisityalo esingcwele. AmaRasta akazichebi iinwele zawo.
- Igama lakhe eneneni yayinguNesta Robert Marley, 'uNesta' othetha umthunywa, njengoko umama wakhe uCedella wayenemibono emihle yokuzalwa kwakhe kwaye wayekholelwa ukuba usikelelwe nguThixo. Igama lakhe latshintshwa xa wafumana ipasi lokuya eMelika ukuze enze imali yeWailers. Lo msebenzi uthatha iinkcukacha zakhe wathi makalibeke igama lakhe eliphakathi njengoNesta kuba lizakubonwa njengegama lentombazana eMelika. Yiyo loo nto ebizwa ngokuba nguBob Marley. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
James - brightons, falkirk, Scotland - UMarley wayeqeshwe njengeweyitala, umsebenzi wendibano yendibano, umqhubi wefolokhwe, kunye nomncedisi walebhu ngaphambi kokuba ayibethe kakhulu.
- UMarley waquleka ngoxa wayebaleka ngowe-1980 kwiCentral Park yesiXeko saseNew York. Wasweleka kwiinyanga ezisibhozo kamva ngenxa yokudityaniswa komhlaza wengqondo, wemiphunga nowesibindi.
- Kwiintsuku ezimbini phambi kweKhonsathi ye-Smile Jamaica, indoda enompu yangena endlwini kaBob yamdubula engalweni. UBob wayesadlala ekonsathini ukubonisa ukuba indoda enompu ayinakumoyikisa.
- Ikhaya lokuqala likaBob yayilityotyombe elinegumbi elinye kwilali yaseNine Miles, eSt.
- UMarley watshata noRita Anderson ngoFebruwari 10, 1966. Waba nabantwana aba-4 noRita nabanye abasi-8 nabanye abafazi. Amadoda aseJamaica ayengafane abe nomfazi omnye. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
UTony-Trenchtown, ngaphezulu kwe-3 - Ikhaya likaBob Marley - iTrenchtown - lathiywa ngolo hlobo kuba lakhiwe phezu kwemibhobho yogutyulo. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
UMat - ePerth, eOstreliya - NgoJanuwari 2008, i-Jamaican National Archives yabika ukuba malunga ne-80% yogcino lomculo oluvela kwi-Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation luye lwabiwa, kubandakanywa neerekhodi ezininzi ezinqabileyo ezivela ku-Marley, Peter Tosh kunye namanye amagcisa amaninzi eReggae. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
UBertrand - eParis, eFransi - UMarley wayengenawo umyolelo, owaphumela kwiingxabano ezininzi malunga nelifa lakhe ukususela ekufeni kwakhe. >> Ingcebiso ngetyala :
UBertrand - eParis, eFransi - Phakathi kogonyamelo nesiphithiphithi sezobupolitika eJamaica, uMarley wathetha ngoxolo nokuqonda, etyhola uninzi lwengxaki ngokungabikho kokusesikweni kwezoqoqosho. Wathi uMarley: 'Kufuneka wabelane nabanye. Andikhathali nokuba ivakala yezopolitiko okanye nantoni na, kodwa abantu kufuneka babelane.'
- UBob Marley wangcwatywa nesiginci sakhe esibomvu sikaGibson, ibhola ekhatywayo, intsangu, umsesane awayewunxiba yonke imihla kunye neBhayibhile evulwa kwiNdumiso 23.
