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    Documentary, Bob Marley says “ Christ promised to mankind that him will return within 2000 years and when him return him will be the king of kings through the lineage of king Solomon and king David now we look there to see who is this one man , Haile Selassie I” stating that they believed the Emperor of Ethiopia was Christ returning. Rastafari was also taken from his name, he was called Ras Tafari (MacDonald). Bob Marley’s music career started off with the Wailing Wailers (Bob Marley Biography). As

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    social strengths and elaborate impacts. In Marley 's own particular words, "Reggae music, soul music, rock music - each melody is a sign." Marley 's own specific imagery got from his convictions as a Rastafarian - a group that respected Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (a.k.a. Ras Tafari) as a living god who might lead persecuted blacks back to an African country - and his firsthand information of the hardships of the Jamaican ghettos. His verses blended religious otherworldliness with calls for

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