Why my father, Fela Kuti wasn’t a good father” Yeni Kuti

Yeni Kuti, daughter of afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has revealed the late singer was not a good father despite being an icon in the music industry.

The dancer stated this in a chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.

Yeni Kuti said, “My father was a good father in his own way…but in the conventional sense, No. My identity and pride as an African woman, I learned from my Father. So, who I am today was shaped by him but I think as a conventional father. No, I don’t think he should have had children. I think he should have just been a father to all the nation. Didn’t feel any special bond that you were Fela’s child..you are just another human being as long as he was concerned.

“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.”

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