“Children are wonderful. It don’t take plenty y’know. Just a nice girl who don’t take birth control. Sexual intercourse is a lovely thing”
Bob Marley
Naona Diamond anataka kuwa kama BOB MARLEY.
Sio Mbaya, Bob mwenyewe alisema Children are Good thing, a gift from God.
Bob Marley: All His Children & 9 Baby Mommas
by
Raul on July 26, 2011 in
Bob Marley
Bob Marley married
Rita Anderson on February 10, 1966.
Rita brought a daughter into the marriage (
Sharon) from a previous relationship and although not officially acknowledged so did
Bob (
Imani).
Bob & Rita Marley together would have four children during their marriage.
Marley also fathered eight more children with eight different women during this time. Not one to be left behind,
Rita also had a child (
Stephanie) as a result of an affair during her marriage to
Bob. Rumor has it that there are several other “unclaimed” or “forgotten” children of
Bob Marley, but to the best of our knowledge this is the complete list of
Bob Marley’s children and mothers.
Imani Carole Marley born May 22, 1963 (with Cheryl Murray)
Imani is
Bob’s first born child but for reasons unknown she is not acknowledged as such on the official
Bob Marley website.
Sharon Marley born November 23, 1964 (adopted by Bob)
Sharon was born two years before
Rita married
Bob to an unnamed man but
Bob adopted her as his own and she is offically recognized as one of his children.
Cedella Marley born August 23, 1967 (with Rita)
Cedella is
Bob and
Rita’s oldest child together and she along with some her siblings were part of the group
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
Cedella who was named after
Bob’s mother is a clothing designer and CEO of Tough Gong International.
David “Ziggy” Marley born October 17, 1968 (with Rita)
David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley is
Bob’s oldest son and the front man of
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
Stephen Marley born April 20, 1972 (with Rita)
Stephen is
Bob & Rita’s last child together and the fourth member of the band
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.
Robert “Robbie” Marley born May 16, 1972 (with Pat Williams)
Robbie was born less than a month after
Stephen and was
Bob’s first of many children he fathered without his wife
Rita. Not much is known about his mother Pat “Lucille” Williams as
Robbie was brought to live with
Bob and
Rita. He is not a musician and has mostly stayed out of the spotlight as a motorcycle stunt rider.
Rohan Marley born May 19, 1972 (with Janet Hunt/Dunn)
Rohan was born just three days after brother
Robbie and a month after brother
Stephen. Not too much is known about Rohan’s mother
Janet Hunt other than the fact that Rohan was also eventually brought to live with
Bob and
Rita at the age of four years because
Janet was not caring properly for him.
Rohan attended the same school as
Ziggyand
Stephen, but he was a trouble maker to the point that he was sent to live with
Bob’smother
Cedella Booker in Miami. He played linebacker at “The U” (The University of Miami) and is also notorious for having five children with singer
Lauren Hill. In 2009, he co-founded
Marley Coffee, an organic coffee plantation and sustainable farming business in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains.
Karen Marley born 1973 (with Janet Bowen)
Karen, is the third biologocal daughter of
Marley, she was born in England in 1973 to her mother
Janet Bowen aka “
Janet From England“.
Karen grew up in Jamaica with the
Marley’s and attended school with Stephanie.
Stephanie Marley born in 1974 (adopted by Bob)
Stephanie was born out of wedlock after
Rita had an affair with a man named Ital.
Bobadopted
Stephanie and accepted her as his own and she is officially recognized as one of his children.
Julian Marley born June 4, 1975 (with Lucy Pounder)
Julian was born in London and raised by his mother,
Lucy Pounder although she did bring
Julian to visit the
Marley’s in Jamaica and Miami
. He is a singer, songwriter, producer and self-taught musician with three albums to his credit, most recently 2009’s Grammy-nominated album
Awake.
Ky-Mani Marley born February 26, 1976 (with Anita Belnavis)
Ky-Mani was born in Jamaica to
Bob’s then-girlfriend
Anita Belnavis, a Caribbean table tennis champion, and raised in inner-city Miami.
Ky-Mani was initially more interested in sports than in making music, but that all changed when he discovered a knack for rapping and singing and released his debut album,
Like Father Like Son, in 1996.
Damian Marley born July 21, 1978 (with Cindy Breakspeare)
Damian mother was 1976 Miss World
Cindy Breakspeare and one of
Bob’s most known about girlfriends.
Damian is nicknamed “Jr. Gong” after his father. and is a dancehall reggae artist and Grammy Award winner. In 2010 he teamed up with
Nas on the collaborative album
Distant Relatives, which bridged the gap between dancehall and hip-hop.
Madeka Marley born May 30, 1981 (with Yvette Crichton)
Makeda Jahnesta Marley was born to
Yvette Crichton in 1981 in Miami mere weeks after
Bob’s death. She is the singer’s youngest child, but she did not grow up with or around any of her half siblings. She attended high school and college in Pennsylvania and currently resides in the Philadelphia area.
“Children are wonderful. It don’t take plenty y’know. Just a nice girl who don’t take birth control. Sexual intercourse is a lovely thing”
Bob Marley
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