Rasta Man Chant: How Bob Marley Became A Spiritual Figurehead

Rasta Man Chant: How Bob Marley Became A Spiritual Figurehead

Like the vast majority of the Jamaican population in the 50s and 60s, Bob Marley was brought up a Christian. He sang church songs, made gospel records with The Wailers, and praising a Christian God was always within his thoughts. Given these facts, it might seem strange that the same young man became the first and foremost figurehead for another faith – and found that the wider world was willing to listen when so many in his Jamaican homeland re…