- Bob Marley had cancer in his big toe.
- His mother refers to him as Nesta. Nesta means messenger.
- She is known as Mother Booker.
- Born 1926 in the mountainous bosom of Jamaica, in the district of Nine Miles, the parish of St Ann.
- Bob was the sixth of nine children for his mother.
- His fathers given name was Omeriah but the majority of people called him Custos, which was a term of respect for Jamaicans. Some people even called him Mass Amy which was short for Master Omeriah and other called him Ma Name.
- His father had at least a dozen more women in the district which meant Bob had about twenty or thirty siblings!
- Custos was a strict, godly, kindly man of medium build and dark complexion.
Why was it okay for his father to have so many women? Did Bob personally know all his possible siblings? What if he accidentally went on a date with one of them without knowing the truth? Would it matter? How did Bob's mother feel about his father having multiple women? "The nights are misty cool, the days are warm, and afternoon rains so plentiful that everywhere you look the slopes and hills are covered with thick, green woodlands." - Setting I'm guessing that Bob's father is like the "king" leader of his community because he is allowed certain privileges. |