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== Early life and career ==
Robert Nesta Marley was born on the farm of his maternal grandfather in [[Nine Mile, Jamaica|Nine Mile]], [[Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica|Saint Ann Parish]], [[Jamaica]], to [[Norval Marley|Norval Sinclair Marley]] and [[Cedella Booker]].<ref name="Moskowitz2007">{{cite book|author=David Vlado Moskowitz|title=Bob Marley: A Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aNv2XuFP2-QC&pg=PR13|accessdate=10 September 2013|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33879-3|pages=13–}}</ref> Norval Marley was a [[European-Jamaican]] of British heritage
Tim Adams, ''The Observer'', Sunday 8 April 2012</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2007|p=2}}</ref> Though Bob Marley was named Nesta Robert Marley, a Jamaican passport official would later reverse his first and middle names.<ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2007|p=9}}</ref><ref>Stephen Davis, as early as 1983, wrote that "his name was changed from Nesta Robert to Robert Nesta Marley, at the suggestion of the passport clerk, who thought Nesta sounded like a girl's name."</ref> Norval provided financial support for his wife and child but seldom saw them as he was often away. Bob Marley attended Stepney Primary and Junior High School which serves the catchment area of Saint Ann.<ref>[http://www.bobmarleyfoundationja.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=9 Stepney Primary and Junior High School] Bob Marley Foundation. Published 16 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2013.</ref><ref name="Marley2012">{{cite book|author=Bob Marley|title=Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=109cL3gWI6kC&pg=PA65|accessdate=1 September 2013|date=31 January 2012|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4532-2494-6|pages=65–}}</ref> In 1955, when Bob Marley was 10 years old, his father died of a heart attack at the age of 70.<ref>{{harvnb|Moskowitz|2007|p=4}}</ref>
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