title: Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley in Jamaica and Beyond
author:  David Burnett 
description: <div>&#147;One of the truly great photojournalists, Burnett has captured unforgettable images...[he] visited Marley at his Jamaican home and then amassed more shots of the reggae king on the Marley and Wailers&#8217; &#147;Exodus&#8221; European tour. Only a few of Burnett&#8217;s magnificent pictures saw the light of day. Now you can experience over 200 of them. Each absorbing photograph offers new insights into the soul of this timeless musician/activist. Burnett, an exceptional artist himself, allows us to travel through Marley&#8217;s eyes, right into his deepest essence. We can appreciate fully the intensity, caring, power and rebelliousness of this musical force.&#8221;<BR>&#151;<B><I>Pop Culture Classics</B></I><BR><BR>"Burnett captures the haunting Misty Mornings of the Isle of Springs, and the private Jamming and cloudy studio wizardry of its musical magicians. We see intimate portraits of Burning Spear; the Bush Doctor, Peter Tosh; the irrepressible producers Jack Ruby and Lee 'Scratch' Perry; and most impressively, the Prophet Bob Marley, deep in thought and serious as a heart attack, in the process of creating and sharing his immortal Redemption Songs."<BR>&#151;<B><I>Roger Steffens</I>, Chairman, Reggae Grammy Committee; founder, <I>The Beat</I> magazine; author of <I>Reggae Scrapbook</I></B><BR></div>
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  # [Acknowledgements](../Text/toc.xhtml#ack)
  
  
  
  
  
  In the middle of the 1990s I found myself living in Jamaica for a couple of
  years. Whilst there, almost every day I would hear fresh stories, of lesser or
  greater significance, about Bob Marley. One day, I sensed that, whilst there,
  I would write a full biography of the Tuff Gong; I had already written the
  text for _Songs of Freedom_ , the book of Bob Marley photographs by Adrian
  Boot. Although certain improved sections of _Songs of Freedom_ , and a section
  from my book _Rude Boy_ , have been included in _Bob Marley: the Untold Story_
  , this book is the consequence of close to 40 years of research into the
  fullness of the mystery of not only Bob Marley, but of Jamaican culture as a
  whole, including, naturally, the apparently odd religion of Rastafari.
  
  
  
  
  
  Clearly, I must pay thanks to the assistance I have received from the people
  of Jamaica in the writing of this biography; and especially to all those who,
  over the years, have assis