This is Parts 3 and 4 of a 5-part series originally published in the New York Times Magazine and the Jamaica Gleaner on September 30, 1977 profiling Bob Marley in 1977.

You will not find a more thorough examination of Marley amid his success in the mid-to-late 70s. By this point, Bob Marley and the Wailers have achieved international success with the Rastaman Vibration and Exodus albums.  In 1977, they are on the cusp of becoming international superstars, the likes of which had only been achieved by The Beatles.

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