Bob Marley was a member of the Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in the development of reggae. Bob Marley became the leading proponent of the Rastafari, taking their music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene.
Now considered a "Rasta" legend, Marley's adoption of the characteristic Rastafari dreadlocks, famous use of cannabis as a sacred sacrament, and an ital food diet, which in the late sixties were an integral part of his persona. He is said to have entered every performance proclaiming the divinity of Jah Rastafari.
Many of Marley's songs contained Biblical references, sometimes using wordplay to fuse activism and religion, as in "Revolution" and "Revelation":
“ Revelation reveals the truth … ”
“ It takes a revolution to make a solution … ”
Bob Marley was baptised in the Christian Ethiopian Orthodox faith, in 1980. He was baptized by the Head of the church Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq. No one really knows what this baptism meant but it has caused some controversy as both Rastafarian and Christians claim Bob Marley as their "own". In the end, Bob Marley's baptism was not necessarily in opposition to the rastafarian faith, and may well be percieved as it's completion.
Naye ku mboozi ya Marley, Bannange Abaganda munnewunyisizza. Mukwano Rob, Luutu26, Mike, Xaza, Daddy Tonto mwenna temulina kyemugamba ku revolutionist ono? Ate abakyaala abalala nammwe mubadde mutya? Nze ndaba annyimba ze kati zitugenderako nnyo!! Ate ffe abali mu Diaspora, omweezi guno mu Disco za baddugavu wano Bob yaliwo. Buli mmotoka ya muddugavu ekuyitako, ezannya luyimba lwe. This is a month that reminds us all the struggle of the black world, past, present and future. Ekintu tukiyingiremu, ne Mukama wanatuyambira.
