Yeni Kuti
Nigerian dancer, singer and business woman

Yeni Kuti

The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Nigerian dancer, singer and business woman
Gender:
Female
Places:
Birth:
22 May 1961(England, United Kingdom)
Star sign:
Instruments:
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.