{"id":272819,"date":"2011-01-05T13:18:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44801"},"modified":"2011-01-05T13:18:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T13:18:54","slug":"rita-marley-may-date-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/05\/rita-marley-may-date-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Marley May Date Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_44802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44802\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-44802\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/05\/rita-marley-may-date-again\/rita-marley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44802\" title=\"Rita Marley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Rita-Marley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rita Marley<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe wife of reggae legend Bob Nesta  Marley, Rita Marley born Alpharita Constantia Anderson, has said she may  date again if only she meets a worthy man.<br \/>\nThe legends\u2019 wife  disclosed this in an interview with Blakk Rasta on the Taxi Driver show  on Hitz FM Tuesday adding that she may although \u2018date\u2019 again, yet, she  is currently not concentrating on that. \u201cI am not concentrating on that  yet,\u201d but she may consider that, \u201cif he is worthy\u2026he has to be worthy  because I know I am special&#8230;It has to be special,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nRita  born July 25, 1946 in Santiago de Cuba, married Bob Marley on 10  February 1966 and had three children with him. Bob Marley died May 11,  1981 of cancer at the age of 36.<br \/>\nNana (Rita) Marley as she is  sometimes known however had three other children from other  relationships including Sharon, a child she had while in nursing  training before she met Bob Marley. She was reported to have dated  Pliers of Chaka Demus and Pliers fame, and other famous personalities.<br \/>\nDid not date Peter Tosh<br \/>\nNana,  who was a member of the I Threes singing group made up of 3 women, that  was formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley and The Wailers, debunked  allegations that she dated reggae star, Peter Tosh. It was alleged that  Peter Tosh recorded the song Brand New Second Hand because of her.<br \/>\nRita  noted: \u201cNo, Peter wasn\u2019t my type\u2026 Peter was a play boy\u2026 Bob came to  endorse my discipline\u2026 &#8216;Don\u2019t fool around her, she is not your regular  type,&#8217; because Peter was very playful. He will try to kiss me and touch  me but then it was no no.\u201d<br \/>\nTouching on early love life with Bob  Marley, she said their love relation was monitored closely by her Aunt,  Viola, who didn\u2019t want her to have a second child.<br \/>\nShe said she  did not use birth control, according to her, \u201cBirth control was a plot  to kill all black women in terms of bringing Rastafari in my life. I  identified early what symptoms of birth control do to black women. I  wrote on my wall right across the street birth control was a plan to  kill black people,\u201d advising that it is better to abstain than to fill  yourself and corrupt yourself with birth control.<br \/>\nRita is rich<br \/>\nOn  her financial statues, Rita said, \u201cI am rich with the blessings of the  almighty. I am so perfectly rich and blessed to the cause of God but I  don\u2019t look at the material\u2026to have money, to have many cars\u2026I mean I  have many cars and I have many houses but I mean if you are not in God\u2019s  will, you are not in that divine order, all those [material things]  become vanity.\u201d<br \/>\nBut was quick to play down assertions that she  lives an extravagant life style and spending Bob\u2019s money lavishly,  saying she has a right to her husband\u2019s wealth.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s my  husband and if I spend his money, I have the right to [do so]. I work  very hard, I am a hard worker so I don\u2019t have any doubt about what I  spend and I don\u2019t spend extravagantly, I spend for a purpose, I spend  for a want not a need but a want,\u201d she stressed.<br \/>\nRita Marley has  been made a Queen Mother of Konkonuru in the Eastern Region with the  stool name Nana Afua Adobea I with the sole aim of helping bring  development to the area.<br \/>\nShe disclosed that plans are far  advanced for the reconstruction of her US$20 million studio, Studio 1,  and property that got burnt last year through fire at her residence in  Aburi.<br \/>\nRita finally revealed that the now annual Africa Unite  concert will take place this year in May and will coincide with 30 years  of Bob Marley\u2019s death. Musical giants who will grace this year\u2019s  concert include Chaka Demus and Pliers, Ziggy Marley amongst others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife of reggae legend Bob Nesta Marley, Rita Marley born Alpharita Constantia Anderson, has said she may date again if only she meets a worthy man. 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