Blessed Earth Strong to Empress Menen Asfaw, the Empress Consort of the Ethiopian Empire and wife of Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie. She was born in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia as the daughter of Asfaw, Jantirar of … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO EMPRESS MENEN ASFAW
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BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SCULLY
Noel Bartholomew Simms aka "Scully" was born on 18 March, 1935 in the Smith Village area of Kingston and received his education at the Alpha Boys School. Initially, he worked as a singer in a duo with his schoolfriend Arthur "Bunny" … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SCULLY
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO BURNING SPEAR
Winston Rodney was born 01 Mach, 1945 in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica, the same region where Bob Marley and Jamaican political hero Marcus Garvey grew up. Both men had a profound impact on Winston's life and work, especially with … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO BURNING SPEAR
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SMILEY CULTURE
David Victor Emmanuel aka "Smiley Culture" was born on 10 Feb 1963 in south London to a Jamaican father and Guyanese mother. He garnered the nickname 'Smiley' at school for his method of chatting up girls at school – he would ask them for a … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO SMILEY CULTURE
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO BOB MARLEY
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley was born on 06 February, 1945, in Nine Miles rural St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica to a middle-aged white father, Norval Sinclair Marley, and a teenage black mother, Sidilla Editha "Cedella" Malcolm. At 14, he left home … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO BOB MARLEY