Yeni Kuti, the first child of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti has stated that her mother loved Fela to a fault despite Fela having twenty-seven wives.
The convener of Felabration in a chat on a radio show said:” For a long time, Fela wasn’t paying our rent and so my mother took us all to go stay with Fela. My mother had her own place at Kalakuta and she was there for a couple of years.She had no choice. What would she do? She loved him to a fault.”
Yeni also spoke about some sterling qualities she inherited from Fela. According to her: “Fela loved to share. I think I take a bit of that from him. Femi is not a spend thrift. He is reserved, but because of experiences. He has had some hard knocks and so he is withdrawn. [Although] he would still help people who come to live at the shrine” she said.