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Bob Marley: My Son

by Cedella Marley Booker, Anthony C. Winkler · 1997

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This book traces the unique history of Bob Marley and his contribution to popular music from his mother's perspective, a singer on her own right. It begins with her shock at hearing about her son's illness and then goes on to recount his fight for survival together with his music, and tumultuous life.

Subject
biography
Themes
music
Setting
Jamaica
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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