Long-range picture of huge creature (not small creature) among musicians of Africa (9)
I believe the answer is:
telephoto
'long-range picture' is the definition.
(long-range photograph)
'huge creature not small creature among musicians of africa' is the wordplay.
'huge creature' becomes 'elephant' (large animal).
'not' is a deletion indicator.
'small creature' becomes 'ant' (ants are small).
'among' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'musicians of africa' becomes 'Toto' (US band known for the 1982 song Africa).
'elephant' with 'ant' taken out is 'eleph'.
'eleph' going within 'toto' is 'TELEPHOTO'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for telephoto that I've seen before include "Kind of lens" , "Magnifying lens in a camera" , "Long-distance lens" , "Long type of camera lens" , "Distant shooter" .)