A patron of the Konkonuru Methodist Schools in the Aburi Mountains of Accra Ghana, Nana, as she is affectionately called, assisted over 200 children of the Konkonuru Methodist Schools. Rita Marley was enstooled as Nana Afua Adobea (Queen of Development) in Konkonkuru, Ghana. Mary.Īs a benefactor of countless humanitarian causes her works extend outside of Jamaica and has reached as far as Africa. Rita Marley also gives continuous support of food, clothing and medical supplies to people of poor communities, including a Home for the Aged in St. Toolies, Clarendon has encouraged their self-supporting ideology. Her donation of arable land to the Rastafarian Nyabinghi group in St. Rita Marley has adopted 35 children in Ethiopia, and works assiduously to impact their lives in a practical and positive manner.
Its main project is the erecting of a Cathedral at their Maxfield Avenue address, where she has also established the Berhame Selassie Home for the Aged. Rita Marley is head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Building Fund. Rita Marley is a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Rita Marley – and which have sustained her status as a spirited force and an ambassador of love and of reggae music. “The aged be protected, the infants nourished and cared for.” These are indeed the words that inspire the vision that drives and propels Mrs.
With her purchase of the former Federal Records at Marcus Garvey Drive and subsequent relocation of Tuff Gong International to this new address – this organization is now a leading record manufacturing and distribution company in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world. Rita Marley continues to make manifest her commitment to the works of her husband Bob Marley her children and her people – by fulfilling her mission to enlighten, educate and entertain through her philanthropy and music. It is in her capacity as Founder and Chairperson of the Robert Marley Foundation the Bob Marley Museum the Bob Marley Trust the Bob Marley Group of Companies and the Rita Marley Foundation – that Mrs. In 1986, she had the vision and wisdom to transform Bob Marley’s house at 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica into the Bob Marley Museum. Rita Marley wears many hats and has been instrumental in the initiation and completion of great works internationally, regionally and locally. Rita Marley also forged an extraordinary career as a solo artist.Īs the Matriarch of the Marley Family, Mrs. Rita Marley provided him with vocal support as a member of the I-Threes. Bob Marley is the King of Reggae and his wife Mrs. It is no coincidence that the talented young Rita Anderson was destined to become an integral part of the musical Marley family. Internationally, the name Marley is synonymous with reggae music and the culture of Jamaica. On they were married and their lives became forever entwined. During Rita Anderson’s teenage years she made the acquaintance of a local Trench Town youth, Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) and love, faith and music became their bond. She formed the musical trio The Soulettes. Little Rita Anderson always delighted her Aunty Viola with that song while she sewed. Rita Anderson emerged the winner with a magnificent rendition of “Our Father- Lord’s Prayer by Mario Lanza.” A song Rita Anderson’s aunt taught her. In her childhood Rita Anderson also competed on a program called “Lanamans Children’s hour” hosted by a musical veteran called Vere John. As a child Rita Anderson often entertained her father Leroy “Papa Roy” Anderson with song while he worked. However, God had destined for Rita Anderson to be the “Queen of Reggae” and assigned her a mission to bless the world with song. They lived in Trench Town Kingston.įrom a tender age Rita Anderson aspired to be a nurse and attended the Bethesda School of Practical nursing.
During Rita Anderson’s early childhood her parents separated and she was adopted by her Aunt Viola a well-respected seamstress. She is affectionately called “Rita” an abbreviated version of her birth name Alfarita. Alfarita Constania Anderson was born on Jto parents Cynthia “Beda” Jarett and Leroy Anderson.
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