“Fela was an icon but not a good father” – Fela Kuti’s daughter, Yeni Kuti
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Yeni Kuti who is a daughter of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has voiced that the late Afrobeat pioneer was not a good father.
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She made this revelation while being interviewed by media personality, Chude Jideonwo, where she astonishingly outlined that Fela Kuti was away from what is termed to be a good father.
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According to her utterance, Fela was just a good role model while further applauding his influence in the Afrobeat forum.
Yeni identified her displeasure with his aggression and labelling the whole household useless.
Her words:
“He [Fela] was not quite a good father. No [I never told him that he isn’t a good father]. Maybe Femi, not me. Femi and Fela used to have battles. And Femi will give it to him straight.”
“Shola and I, we were like timid. You know, they said, ‘When two elephants are fighting, the grass will keep quiet.”
“I can remember one day, Fela just came and said, ‘three of you are useless children’. Femi just said, ‘for what?’ Femi just started facing him and then they started facing each other. Shola and I will say, ‘it’s okay’. Fela will say, ‘No’. And Femi just said, ‘let him go’.”
“I don’t think I have ever had that kind of confrontation with my father. Maybe because I was a woman.”
Watch video below;
"Growing up with Fela made me realize that polygamy does and can exist"
– Yeni Kuti
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📹 With Chude pic.twitter.com/ByKGXyxkTy— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) May 27, 2023
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