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Fela always had white women in the house when I was growing up – Seun Kuti 26 February 2025 at 9:11 Share Seun Kuti [Instagram/BigBirdKuti] Afrobeat singer and activist Seun Kuti has opened up about his late father, the legendary Fela Kuti, and how he was raised. Speaking during his recent Instagram live session, Seun revealed that Fela often had white women living in their household alongside his many black female companions. He recalled growing up with at least two white women in the house and how he got used to it over time. My father had white women in his house, when I grew up there like two white women at least living with us. He always had white ones with the black ones. The activist emphasised his father’s grounded nature, stressing that he stayed firmly on his roots and never tried to change to please the Caucasian women. “Fela always had white women too with the black ones” – Seun Kuti pic.twitter.com/TxcAff6lsR — @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) February 25, 2025 Instead of Fela to wear a suit and tie so that the white women would see him as fine but the women were the ones who started wearing shrine regalia and African hairstyles. Fela never changed because of them but they changed because of him because Fela already knew who he was and his love for Africa. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seun Kuti (@bigbirdkuti) Seun Kuti has always been open about his upbringing in Fela’s home and his relationship with the iconic activist. Back in Septembwe 2024, he l ikened being Fela’s son to winning a lottery during his appearance on the Zero Conditions podcast. I won the daddy lottery, my father is still my favourite person in the world. He’s my favourite person that I ever met, even though I only spent 14 years with him, they were 14 awesome years. He was my best friend and everything; he was a cool dad to me. You don’t know how spoilt I was growing up. Up till now I still haven’t done laundry in my life, I still don’t know how to wash anything. I’m not bragging o, when I was going to school, I was sleeping in British Airways and snoring. In my dream, the thought crossed my mind ‘How will you wash your clothes?’ That thought woke me up like someone slapped me. Then I remembered washing machine and slept back. Subscribe to receive daily news updates. Subscribe Accept Terms and Privacy Policy
