Ransome-Kuti family

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Ransome-Kuti
Egba
Forest
Founded1830
FounderLikoye Kuti
Titles
List
Connected familiesJibolu-Taiwo family
Soyinka family
Distinctions
Member of the Order of the Niger

The Ransome-Kuti family is a

Nigerian chieftaincy system
.

History

The first member to bear the name Ransome, the Reverend

Anglican missionary who had first converted his family to Christianity.[1] He followed his father Likoye Kuti — an Egba griot — into the musical vocation, and wrote a series of popular hymns in the Yoruba language
while serving as an Anglican cleric.

The descendants of J.J.'s son, the Reverend

Grammy Award
nominees).

The Ransome-Kutis have been known to form marital unions with other families of the Yoruba elite: the branch descended from Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti is a

Grace Eniola Jenkins-Harrison, is related to the royal family of Isara-Remo
through him.

In 2017, in Abeokuta, the house on NEPA Road where the family of Israel and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti lived was transformed into the Ransome-Kuti Museum, dedicated to the history of the family. [2]

Family tree

  • Olasu (c. 1750–c. 1820)
    • Jamo (c.1785–c.1850) m. Orukoloku (c.1795–c.1870)
      • Likoye Kuti (c.1820–c.1863) m. Anne Ekidan Efupeyin (c. 1830–July 1877)
        • Eruwe Lousia Kuti (c.1857–19??)
        • Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti (1855–1930), clergyman and the first person to use the double-barrelled family name, m. Bertha Erinade Anny Olubi (1862–1934)
          • Josiah Oluyinka Ransome Kuti (1883–c.1960)
          • Anne Lape Iyabode Ransome-Kuti (1885–c.1960)
          • Olufela Daniel Ransome-Kuti (1887–1887)
          • Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (1891–1955), clergyman, m. Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas (1900–1978) (Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti), political activist
            • Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (1927–2003), doctor
            • Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (1938–1997) (Fela Kuti), musician, m. Remilekun Taylor, among others[3]
              • Omoyeni Anikulapo Kuti, (b. 1961) (Yeni Kuti), dancer, m. Femi Segun
                • Rolari Segun (b. 1988)
              • Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti
                , (b. 1962) (Femi Kuti), musician, m. Funke Kuti, dancer/music manager (now divorced)
              • Sola Anikulapo Kuti, (1963–1997), dancer
              • Kunle Anikulapo Kuti, (b. circa 1971), folk singer, m . Olufunmilayo Hastrup (b. 1964)
              • Omosalewa Anikulapo Kuti, lawyer, m. Fehintola (1958–2006)
              • Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti
                , (b. 1982) (Seun Kuti), musician
              • Motunrayo Anikulapo Kuti, (b. 1980), dancer
            • Bekolari Ransome-Kuti (1940–2006), (Beko Ransome-Kuti), doctor and political activist
            • Dolupo Ransome-Kuti (1922–2010)
              • Frances Kuboye
                (d. 1997), dentist/jazz singer
          • Joshua Oluremi Ransome-Kuti (1894–c. 1970)
          • Susannah Olubade (1898–1898)
          • Victoria Susannah Tinuade Ransome-Kuti (1899–1980)
          • Azariah Olusegun Orisale Ransome-Kuti (1902–1979)
            • chief
              of the family
              • Olusegun Bucknor
              • Bola Soyemi
              • Oluwaseun Olasupo Soyemi
              • Eniola Anuoluwapo Mofoluwaso Soyemi[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sasom, Ian. "Great Dynasties: The Ransome-Kutis". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Fela's family house: Transforming from Kuti's home to 'Heritage Museum'". The Sun Nigeria. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. OCLC 1122451119
    .
  4. ^ "Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

Further reading

External links

  • The Shrine The unofficial website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music, with biographies of Fela, Femi and Seun Kuti.

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