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She was singing with a trio named ''The Soulettes'' in mid sixties recording for Studio One when she met Bob Marley . She married him in 1966 , and then became a singer in his backing vocals group, the I Threes . She had four children with him. When they were engaged she converted to the Rastafari Movement after witnessing Haile Selassie on his visit to Kingston , Jamaica on 21st April 1966 . After Marley's death, she recorded few albums under her name with some success in the United Kingdom . She took care of Marley's estate and mentored her son, Ziggy Marley . In January 2005 it was announced that she wished Bob Marley's body be reburied in Ethiopia . She denied that there were any such plans. Rita currently lives in Ghana . DISCOGRAPHY BOOKS ISBN 0786868678 Rita Marley, Hettie Jones - No Woman No Cry : My Life with Bob Marley |
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