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Fela Kuti Plays 'Here Comes the Bride' 27 Times -- Picture Book
- Posted on Sep 10th 2010 10:30AM by Pat Pemberton
Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, accompanied with insightful commentary. Whether it's a famous picture or an unearthed rarity, these striking images will serve to illustrate the visual side of music.
Fela Kuti, 1979
In 1978, Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti married 27 women simultaneously, later boasting to a reporter, "I didn't sleep with any women outside my marriage." Still, he had time when this photo was taken a year later to form his own political party, Movement of the People. By the late '80s, he had divorced all his wives, and a decade later he died of AIDS-related complications.
Mike Wells, Camera Press / Retna
In 1978, Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti married 27 women simultaneously, later boasting to a reporter, "I didn't sleep with any women outside my marriage." Still, he had time when this photo was taken a year later to form his own political party, Movement of the People. By the late '80s, he had divorced all his wives, and a decade later he died of AIDS-related complications.
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