Yeni Kuti

Nigerian dancer, singer and business woman
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNigerian dancer, singer and business woman
PlacesNigeria
isSinger Businessperson Dancer Fashion designer
Work fieldBusiness Dancing Fashion Music
Gender
Female
Instruments:Voice
Birth22 May 1961, England, United Kingdom
Age63 years
Star signGemini
The details

Biography

Omoyeni Anikulapo-Kuti (born 22 May 1961 in England, United Kingdom) is a dancer, singer and descendant of the Ransome-Kuti family. Her grandmother was Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Anikulapo-Kuti pioneered the idea of Felabration, a music festival conceived to celebrate the life and contributions of her father Fela Kuti to the Nigerian society.

Born in England, Anikulapo-Kuti was born as the first child to afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and to a British mother. She completed her basic and secondary education in Nigeria after leaving the United Kingdom at the age of two. She holds a diploma in journalism after she graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. In 1986, she joined Femi's band as a singer and dancer after dropping her job as a fashion designer. She currently serves as a co-manager of the New Afrika Shrine alongside her brother Femi Kuti.

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