or of Ethiopian descent? Just curious because he talk about Ethiopia a lot.
2007-01-30 02:00:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
No, he was Jamaican, but followed Haile Selassie and Rastafarianism. Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion and philosophy that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former (and last) emperor of Ethiopia, as Jah (the Rasta name for God incarnate, from a shortened form of Jehovah found in Psalms 68:4 in the King James Version of the Bible), and part of the Holy Trinity as the messiah promised in the Bible to return. The name Rastafari comes from Ras (Duke or Chief) Tafari Makonnen, the pre-coronation name of Haile Selassie I. The movement emerged in Jamaica among working-class and peasant black people in the early 1930s, arising from an interpretation of Biblical prophecy partly based on Selassie's status as the only African monarch of a fully independent state
2007-01-30 02:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bob Marley's dad is a white British army officer and his mom is a black Jamaican thus creating Robert Nesta Marley! but he likes to consider himself Ethiopian because he values that culture and the people
2007-01-30 04:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Nesta Marley was born February 6, 1945, in rural St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica.
Ethiopia was chosen because Rastafarians, such as the late singer, regard the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie as their spiritual leader.
Marley's widow Rita Marley has said one day she wants him reburied in Ethiopia.
2007-01-30 02:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jester 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Marley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and lived there until death in 1982. His numerous references to Ethiopia is a reflection of his religion, Rastafarianism. Rastafarianism was started by Haile Selassie 1, former Emperor of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie 1 is believed to be a prophet by Rastas (as believers of the religion are known), and a direct descendent of King Solomon, hence the term Lion of Judah (Judah was King Solomon's tribe).
2007-01-30 02:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bob Marley
AKA Robert Nesta Marley
Born: 6-Feb-1945
Birthplace: Nine Miles, Jamaica
Died: 11-May-1981
Location of death: Miami, FL
Cause of death: Cancer - Brain
Remains: Buried, Bob Marley Mausoleum, Nine Mile, Jamaica
Gender: Male
Religion: Rastafarian
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer/Songwriter
Nationality: Jamaica
2007-01-30 02:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by Max Power 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jamaican
2007-01-30 03:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by TroubleRose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was Jamaican. He followed the teachings of Haille Selassie, who was Ethiopian.
2007-01-30 02:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by lou b 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he grew to become into no longer ethiopian born yet via lineage confident, his mom grew to become into jamaican and his father grew to become into white. yet in my eyes you're what your mom is. all of us know that a drop of black makes you black. In his case he had the entire bucket. He talks of Ethiopia alot considering is the homestead OF ALL BLACKS THE MOTHERLAND.it quite is the place the large Haile Selassie I is from Addis Abba, Ethiopia
2016-11-23 13:57:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marley was Jamaican.
2007-01-30 02:05:31 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He talk about Ethopia because of his false belief of Halle Selassie as the assumed Messiah
2007-01-30 02:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by nivek191 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋