who was Rita Anderson? In the midst of being a widow she had to be a mother, manager, artiste, and woman. For many it seemed easy, but the truth is she had to find who she really was.
At that point Mommy had to step up to that plate with responsibility and grace. “We didn't realise that because the spotlight was focused on Bob, we didn't see her for who and what she really was until after he passed. The mother-daughter bond allowed for the younger Marley to recognise the strength and resilience of her mother during the tough times which preceded Bob Marley's rise and the growth of her sense of self which re-emerged following his death in 1981. Just recently, while we were planning her birthday celebrations, I have been talking to a few people who know Mommy very well, and they just keep saying how much we sound alike,” she noted. When I was younger people were always telling me how much I sound and behave like her I never took them seriously. “She is always telling people this is my first child, the Rose of Sharon. Now 56 year old, Sharon noted that she has always shared a close bond with her mother being the first born of her six children, and these days she is realising more and more the similarities in their personalities. We want the young girls to recognise that she trod these same streets and they, too, can rise to greatness.” We just want to put her footsteps in Trench Town in a solid way. “We might also be looking at providing a daycare centre for the girls who are mothers so their children can be taken care of while they are in training. The centre will provide girls and young women with things like counselling and skills training, academics as well. So now we are in the early stages.working out the plans. 'There is no place to her like Trench Town, and so as we were working on activities to celebrate her 75th birthday my brother Stephen just called me and said, 'We have to do the Rita Marley Centre for Girls in Trench Town to represent mom.' It was perfect. The matriarch's eldest child, Sharon, in an interview with the Jamaica Observer, shared that the proposed centre will provide a wide rage of programmes for young girls in the community which nurtured her mother during her early years. Rita Marley, who was born Alpharita Constantia Anderson to Jamaican parents in Cuba, celebrates her 75th birthday today (July 25), and this project is part of her family's plans to mark her diamond jubilee. Plans are currently being drafted for the establishment of the Rita Marley Centre for Girls in Trench Town - the Corporate Area inner-city community from which she and her celebrated late husband rose to prominence. Sharon Marley reflects as her mother turns 75
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