Yeni Kuti
{{Short description|Nigerian dancer and singer (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yeni Kuti
| birth_name = Omoyeni Anikulapo-Kuti
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1961|5|24}}
| birth_place = England
| nationality = Nigerian
| education = Nigerian Institute of Journalism
| occupation = {{flat list|
- Dancer
- singer
- business woman}}
| notable_works = Felabration, TV Presenter at TVC, MD of New Afrika Shrine
| parents = Fela Kuti (father)
| relatives = Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (brother)
Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (brother)
}}
Ọmọ́yẹni "Yeni" Aníkúlápó Kútì (also known as YK, born 24 May 1961, England, United Kingdom) is a British-born Nigerian dancer and singer.
Family
She is a descendant of the Ransome-Kuti family.{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/at-50-no-one-wants-to-marry-me-yeni-kuti/|title=At 50, No one wants to marry me – Yeni Kuti|work=Vanguard Newspaper|last=Amadi|first=Ogbonna|date=28 May 2011|access-date=24 October 2015}} Her grandmother was Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Neil|date=2010-10-30|title=Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/31/fela-kuti-musical-neil-spencer|access-date=2020-06-09|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Anikulapo-Kuti pioneered the idea of Felabration, a music festival conceived to celebrate the life and contributions of her late father Fela Kuti to the Nigerian society.{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/feature/saturday-people/fela-almost-spanked-me-for-snatching-igbo-from-him-yeni/|title=Fela almost spanked me for snatching igbo from him –Yeni|work=The Punch|last=Ben-Nwankwo|first=Nonye|date=9 February 2013|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028172314/http://www.punchng.com/feature/saturday-people/fela-almost-spanked-me-for-snatching-igbo-from-him-yeni/|url-status=dead}}
Biography
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.{{cite news|url=http://sunnewsonline.com/new/yeni-kutis-confessionday-escaped-rape/|title=Yeni Kuti's confession:Day I escaped rape|work=The Sun News|last=Bakare|first=Nike|date=17 May 2014|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030708/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/yeni-kutis-confessionday-escaped-rape/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm2862215|Yeni Kuti}}
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Category:20th-century Nigerian women singers
Category:21st-century Nigerian women singers
Category:Nigerian female dancers
Category:Nigerian women fashion designers
Category:Nigerian fashion designers
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