Bob Marley.

[Geoff.]

Anyone know what war Marley was referencing in his song buffalo soldier?

 

[Geoff.]

Im doing a paper on him and i need to know this

 

[JazzyJ]

black soldiers in the civil war

 

[steevner]

wiki won't tell yah?

 

[ColonelForbin]

Yeah, Civil War

 

[poor@$$skibum]

Buffalo Soldiers was the term given to black soldiers fighting for the union.

 

[Geoff.]

Thank you all, if i have any more questions ill post them here.

 

[skibum1854]

i just wrote a short things on him too for school, and i was very suprised to hear that his dad was a honkey, bob marley was half white...wtf?

 

[Geoff.]

haha i know that surprised me

 

[Drunkenstein]

true, another little known fact is that Buffalo soldiers offten were AWOL to rob convenience stores and smoke crack cocaine.

 

[adam.]

wouldnt it be pot cause they are rastafari

 

[wAy2sTeEzY4u]

they were not rastafarian.

 

[Geoff.]

What are some ways his religion influenced his music?

 

[406]

that should be pretty easy

 

[eastskater180]

true. rastafari did not exist back then

 

[midwestskier69]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari_movement

it was started in the 1930's.. aka, it was around back then. if you really want to learn a lot about the rasta movement, bob's book "catch a fire" has a shitload to do with the rasta culture long before they even get into his life. check it out if you're interested.

 

[Arabian.]

buffalo soldier was a reference black soldiers fighting indians. It says so right in the little CD pamphlet I have in my hands right now. Buffalo soldiers were indians.