Religion

Bob Marley was part of the The Rastafarian movement this is a religion that Bob believed in. Rastafarianism is a religious movement born out of the black slums of Jamaica that took the teachings of the Jamaican nationalist, Marcus Garvey and uses selective Old Testament Christian writings to support its teachings and practices. With the crowning of Ras Tafari Makonnen on November 2nd 1930 in Ethiopia, many believed Garvey's prediction of a black king crowned in Africa who would be a redeemer and liberator of the dispossessed black race had come to fruition. Makonnen claimed himself the titles of "Emperor Haile Selassie I, Conquering lion of the tribe of Judah, Elect of God and King of the kings of Ethiopia." Ethiopia holds great deal to Rastafaris who believe in a coming judgment day when the righteous will be called home to Mount Zion (identified with Africa) to live forever in peace and harmony.