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Monday, September 03, 2012

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI MARRIED 27 WIVES IN A DAY!-POLYGAMY WITH A DIFFERENCE!-FROM AFROBEATMUSIC.NET




from afrobeatmusic.net


The Unofficial Website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music



Picture gallery of Fela Kuti’s Queens
In the West Fela Kuti, the creator of Afrobeat, is know by many as “the man who married 27 wives”. On 18 February 1978 he married the entire female entourage of his band in a ceremony conducted by a Yoruba priest. There are many sides to the group marriage, besides the sensational ones, but it would need an essay to explain them. The group marriage lasted until Fela’s release from prison in 1985. Stating that he no longer believed in marriage, he divorced the 12 wives that were still with him. Many, however, remained part of his entourage until his death.
Photographer Bernard Matussière from France took the portraits shown below of Fela’s “Queens”, as they were often called, in 1983.



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felaqueen1
expo3-4-2-34
expoFEL_01-4-2-46
expoFEL_03-4-2-47
expoFEL_04-4-2-48
expoFEL_14-4-2-57
felaqueen3
expoFEL_07-4-2-51
expoFEL_08-4-2-52
expoFEL_11-4-2-54
felaqueen4
expoFEL_12-4-2-55
expoFEL_13-4-2-56
expoFEL_37-4-2-67
expoFEL_15-4-2-58
felaqueen6
felaqueen7
expoFEL_35-4-2-66
felaqueen5



All pictures, copyright, Bernard Matussière, 1983. 

The Unofficial Website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music






expoFEL_81-4-2-112
felaqueen1
expo3-4-2-34
expoFEL_01-4-2-46
expoFEL_03-4-2-47
expoFEL_04-4-2-48
expoFEL_14-4-2-57
felaqueen3
expoFEL_07-4-2-51
expoFEL_08-4-2-52
expoFEL_11-4-2-54
felaqueen4
expoFEL_12-4-2-55
expoFEL_13-4-2-56
expoFEL_37-4-2-67
expoFEL_15-4-2-58
felaqueen6
felaqueen7
expoFEL_35-4-2-66
felaqueen5



All pictures, copyright, Bernard Matussière, 1983. 
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