A daughter of popular Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Yeni, has revealed shocking revelations about her father.
Yeni, in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, revealed how their father had disregarded them as his children and how he had not been a great father to his children.
She spoke about how it had taken the effort of his first, Femi Kuti, to forcefully make him understand.
According to her, their father was not in good terms with them and they would often fight, especially Femi and Fela.
Yeni said the legend was good at his crafts but as he failed as a father.
She said, “He 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.”
The Afrobeat legend passed on in 1997 on August 2nd.
