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Fela Kuti in fur jacket surrounded by the Kalakuta Queens in African headwraps, facepainting and braids.

Fela Kuti surrounded by the Kalakuta Queens.

Photo by Bernard Matussiere.

Photographing Fela: Bernard Matussiere On His Iconic Images of Fela Kuti and the Kalakuta Queens

The French photographer speaks to OkayAfrica about what it was like to capture the Nigerian legend in his interior life and on tour.