What is Bob Marleys childhood like?

Answer 1

Bob lived in Nine Miles, St. Ann's, in the Jamacan countryside. Nine Miles is a very small, isolated village. He lived with his mother and her family. When he was 8/9 his father, a white man called Norval Marley, came to Nine Miles and said he would take Bob to Jamaica's Capital, Kingston, and give him a better life.

Shortly after Bob arrived in Kingston, his father abandoned him with an elderly woman. When Bob was 10, his father died, and his mother came to Kingston looking for him. They then moved to Trenchtown, a poor part of Jamaica's 'ghetto'. He finished his education, and whilst living in Trenchtown, he met Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston. Bob had been singing songs and tunes since he lived in Nine Miles, but now, aged 16, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston formed 'the wailin' wailers'...