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No Woman No Cry (Paperback, Unabridged edition): Rita Marley, Hettie Jones No Woman No Cry (Paperback, Unabridged edition)
Rita Marley, Hettie Jones
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bob Marley is the unchallenged king of reggae and one of music's great iconic figures. Rita Marley was not just his wife and the mother of four of his children but his backing singer and friend, life-long companion and soul mate. They met in Trenchtown when he was 19 and she was 18, and she was very much part of his musical career, selling his early recordings from their house in the days before Island Records signed up the Wailers. She shared the hard times and the dangers - when Bob was wounded in a gunfight before the Peace Concert, Rita was shot in the head and left for dead. Their marriage was not always easy but Rita was the woman Bob returned to no matter where music and other women might take him, the woman who held him when he died at the age of 35. Today she sees herself as the guardian of his legacy. Full of new insights, No Woman No Cry is a unique biography of Marley by someone who understands what it meant to grow up in poverty in Jamaica, to battle racism and prejudice. It is also a moving and inspiring story of a marriage that survived both poverty and then the strains of global celebrity.

No Woman No Cry - My Life with Bob Marley (Hardcover): Rita Marley No Woman No Cry - My Life with Bob Marley (Hardcover)
Rita Marley; As told to Hettie Jones
R984 R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Save R434 (44%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best--his wife, Rita.
Rita Marley grew up in the slums of Trench Town, Jamaica. Abandoned by her mother at a very young age, she was raised by her aunt. Music ran in Rita's family, and even as a child her talent for singing was pronounced. By the age of 18, Rita was an unwed mother, and it was then that she met Bob Marley at a recording studio in Trench Town. Bob and Rita became close friends, fell in love, and soon, she and her girlfriends were singing backup for the Wailers. At the ages of 21 and 19, Bob and Rita were married.
The rest is history: Bob Marley and the Wailers set Jamaica and the world on fire. But while Rita displayed blazing courage, joy, and an indisputable devotion to her husband, life with Bob was not easy. There were his liaisons with other women--some of which produced children and were conducted under Rita's roof. The press repeatedly reported that Bob was unmarried to preserve his "image." But Rita kept her self-respect, and when Bob succumbed to cancer in 1981, she was at his side. In the years that followed, she became a force in her own right--as the Bob Marley Foundation's spokesperson and a performer in her reggae group, the I-Three.
Written with author Hettie Jones, No Woman No Cry is a no-holds-barred account of life with one of the most famous musicians of all time. In No Woman No Cry, readers will learn about the never-before-told details of Bob Marley's life, including:
How Rita practiced subsistence farming when first married to Bob to have food for her family. How Rita rode her bicycle into town with copies of Bob's latest songs to sell. How Rita worked as a housekeeper in Delaware to help support her family when her children were young. Why Rita chose to befriend some of the women with whom Bob had affairs and to give them advice on rearing the children they had with Bob. The story of the attack on Bob which almost killed the two of them. Bob's last wishes, dreams, and hopes, as well as the details of his death, such as who came to the funeral (and who didn't).

Bob Marley - Reggae King of the World (Paperback): Malika Lee Whitney, Dermott Hussey Bob Marley - Reggae King of the World (Paperback)
Malika Lee Whitney, Dermott Hussey; Foreword by Rita Marley
R611 R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Various Artists - Survival (CD, Rmst): Al Anderson, Junior Marvin, Errol Brown, Philip Zadie, Tyrone Downie, Earl... Various Artists - Survival (CD, Rmst)
Al Anderson, Junior Marvin, Errol Brown, Philip Zadie, Tyrone Downie, …
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Ships in 15 - 30 working days
No Woman No Cry - My Life with Bob Marley (Paperback): Hettie Jones, Rita Marley No Woman No Cry - My Life with Bob Marley (Paperback)
Hettie Jones, Rita Marley
R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The story of Rita Marley's life as the girlfriend, wife, and eventual widow of Bob Marley, the legend of reggae music, whose distinctive sound has been part of the world's popular culture for more than three decades.

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