Word: rastaman
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...many identities. When Bono, the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, inducted Marley into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he said this about the Tuff Gong: "He wanted everything at the same time and was everything at the same time: prophet, soul rebel, Rastaman, herbsman, wild man, a natural mystic man, ladies man, island man, family man, Rita's man, soccer man, showman, shaman, human, Jamaican...
...Marley, a poor Jamaican from Kingston's Trenchtown slum, who brought reggae to international prominence in the '70s with his albums Catch a Fire, Rastaman Vibration and Exodus. An outspoken champion of racial equality and social justice, Marley was also a tireless promoter of Rastafarianism, the pro-African sect whose followers grow their hair into long, matted dreadlocks and smoke marijuana, or ganja, as part of a religious rite...
...around them," haunts Jadine for months when she spits at her with disdain. The spirits of the past strike hardest with the discovery of an untamed, uneducated filthy young man named Son who has been hiding in the Street's house for days. At first he is an ugly rastaman, a "nigger in the woodpile" whose lack of breeding and cleanliness offend her and the rest of the family. All except Valerian, who invites him to stay-and with one gesture opens the door to legends and tales that will haunt the rest of the plot...
...thousand people focus on him. The concert is billed as a festival of unity, and at this first moment Marley and his crew seem to be successful. All eyes see a man who is both a genius and so stoned he seems about ready to fall over. He sings "Rastaman Vibration." The audience, which was seated until Marley walked on stage, is now on its feet, many are dancing, and others jumping over a fence supposed to protect Marley from the crowd...
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