Bob Marley at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In October 2015, Jamaican author Marlon James' novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a fictional account of the attempted assassination of Marley, won the 2015 Man Booker Prize at a ceremony in London. Bob Marley was a member for some years of the Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in the development of reggae. Bob Marley became an ardent proponent of Rastafari, taking its music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene. He once gave the following response, which was typical, to a question
One Drop (Bob Marley & The Wailers song) One Drop (Bob Marley & The Wailers song) "One Drop" is a 1979 Bob Marley song from the album "Survival" (1979) notable for exemplifying the one drop rhythm, one of the three main reggae drum rhythms, as performed by The Wailers' drummer Carlton Barrett. The song uses Marley's most militantly Rastafarian lyrics.(). "In 'One Drop,' Marley asserts that he does not want 'devil philosophy' he wants the 'teachings of His Majesty.' In this sense Rastafari was not merely a religious faith, for Marley it was a political and philosophical worldview." The song was re-released on the compilation album "Gold" (2005).