Kinky Reggae

“ África unite, cause we are moving right out of Babylon
And we are going to our father’s land”

Robert Nesta Marley, as know as Bob Marley, was born in Jamaica, in 1948. He was the singer of a reggae band called The Wailers. He started to the music early: when he was 10 years old, he already know play the guitar. In 1966, Bob, the brothers Barret, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer got together and started to play reggae music. Later, the band started to make a success in their country, and soon they were well-known around the world.
Bob Marley, with his dread lock hair, was more that a singer. In Jamaica, his house(a mansion) was open to everybody, and there he talked with his friends the whole afternoons(about anything); after this, he played the guitar and sang some songs with the people.

He was rastafari and he followed his religion until the end of his life. With his suces, he became an Idol to all the African continent: Bob fought to all the Africans an their rights. In 1973 he stopped a civil war in Zimbabwe, summoning all the people in this country. Unfortunately, he died of a cancer in his foot in 1983.
I think that the best of Bob are the lyrics os his songs with the rime of his music. He is important to me because he was a good musician, and because of what he did to the poor and sick people, focusing on the Africans.


Project from
João Paulo Fabra
Progress 3
Teacher Laura

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch