Nigerian singer, dancer and media personality, Yeni Kuti, has revealed that her father, late Afrobeats pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti was not a good father.
Yeni, however said her father, Fela was an icon and a role model for many.
The dancer stated this during a recent interview with media personality Chude Jidenwo.
Yeni said she never challenge her Dad about not being a good father but the late icon and his first son,Femi didn’t always see eye to eye.
She said;
“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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