Donisha Prendergast

The Drew Marshall Show

As the granddaughter of Bob and Rita Marley, Donisha offers her insight on the amazing lives of “Jamaica’s First Family”, whose many contributions include the founding of the Bob Marley Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to helping people and organizations in the developing world. As an accomplished filmmaker, Donisha’s role in the Canadian feature-length documentary, RasTa, A Soul’s Journey, educates audiences on the RasTafari culture – quelling the many misunderstandings and misconceptions about this way of life. This film shows how Bob Marley’s eternal message of freedom and compassion is relevant to today’s issues of inequality. Donisha explains, “Making the documentary helped me become a little closer to his mission. He was not just a musician, but a freedom fighter.”Her travels throughout the world, from Africa & the Caribbean to India, Europe, Japan has exposed her to many lifestyles, perspectives, and stories that have helped to influence her patience and ability to relate to a cross-section of audiences. “At the end of the day, we are all souls on a journey... bits and pieces of the same whole.” With her highly motivating allocution and famous family pedigree, Donisha always proves to be an enlightened beacon of hope and positive influence educating others about the Rastafari culture.