Tag: YENI KUTI
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How Fela was admitted into music school out of pity – Late Afrobeats legendery singer’s daughter spills
Popular Nigerian singer and dancer Yeni Kuti has revealed that her late father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was admitted into the Trinity College of Music, London, in 1958, out of pity.
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I cannot leave my husband for cheating only if… – Yeni Kuti
Yeni Kuti, the daughter of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has shared her views on one of the world’s most controversial topics, cheating. According to the media personality, cheating, to her, is “not a deal-breaker.” She said that the only deal breaker for her will be finding out that her man, cheats on her with a…
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Irreconcilable differences cause of my first marriage crash- Yeni Kuti
First child of Fela Kuti, Yeni is a year older today.The choreographer per excellence has opened up on how she feels as she clocks 60. Speaking in a chat with The Sun about the lessons learnt at 60, she said “Life is transient. Do what you have to do when you have to do it…
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I was never a member of Fela’s band- Yeni Kuti
Yeni Kuti, daughter of the legendary musician, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has stated that she is happy dancers are now respected. Yeni noted that she was never a member of her father’s band , contrary to what many believe. According to the energetic dancer: “I am very proud of where dancers have reached today. Back then, when…
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Felabration: Afrobeat enthusiasts to converge for Fela’s 80th posthumous birthday
Devotees of Afrobeat will on Monday converge as the 2018 edition of Felabration kicks off. Yeni Kuti, daughter of the late legendary musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, noted that hundreds of Afrobeat enthusiasts from four continents will attend the festival billed to take place between October 15 and 21. Kuti made this known on Wednesday during…
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I will not leave a man because he is unfaithful-Yeni Kuti
A condom manufacturing company recently conducted a survey in which 29,000 people in 36 countries were interviewed. In the end, Nigerian women were ranked the most unfaithful in the world. According to the survey, Thai men are the most unfaithful in the world with 54 percent South Korea polled 34 percent ahead of Malaysia which…
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Macron never knew he would come back to the shrine as the president- Yeni Kuti
The New Afrika Shrine played host to the French President ,Emmanuel Macron on the 3rd of July 2018.It was an epoch making event full of glamour and panache. Daughter of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, Yeni described how Fela would have felt if he was alive during the French president’s visit. She made this…
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My mother loved Fela to a fault- Yeni Kuti
Yeni Kuti, the first child of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti has stated that her mother loved Fela to a fault despite Fela having twenty-seven wives. The convener of Felabration in a chat on a radio show said:” For a long time, Fela wasn’t paying our rent and so my mother took us all to…
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I see Fela in my dreams- Yeni Kuti
Yeni Kuti, the first daughter of Afrobeat maestro, Fela Kuti has revealed that she sees Fela and other late members of her family in her dreams. Speaking as a guest on a radio talkshow, the effervescent lady said: “It’s 20 years since my father died, but it doesn’t seem as if he has been…