Ransome-Kuti family

The Ransome-Kuti family is a Nigerian Yoruba family noted for its contributions to Nigerian art, religion, education, medicine and politics.

• Olasu
  • Jamo m. Orukoloku
    • Likoye Kuti, (c.1825–c.1862) m. Ekidan Efupeyin
      • Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti (1855–1930), clergyman and the first person to use the double-barrelled family name, m. Bertha Amy Olubi (1862–1934)
        • Grace Eniola Ransome-Kuti m. Samual Ayodele Soyinka
          • Wole Soyinka (1934), writer
        • Azariah Olusegun Ransome-Kuti (1900–1979)
          • Yemisi Ransome-Kuti (1947)
            • Olusegun Bucknor
            • Bola Soyemi
            • Oluwaseun Olasupo Soyemi
            • Eniola Anuoluwapo Mofoluwaso Soyemi
        • Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (1891–1955), clergyman, m. Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas (1900–1978), political activist
          • Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (1927–2003), doctor
          • Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (1938–1997) (Fela Kuti), musician, m. Remilekun Taylor
            • Yeni Anikulapo Kuti b. 1961, 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)
              • Made Anikulapo Kuti, b. 1997, musician
            • Sola Anikulapo Kuti, (1963–1997), dancer
            • Kunle Anikulapo Kuti, b. cira 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), doctor/political activist
          • Dolupo Ransome-Kuti
            • Frances Kuboye (d. 1997), dentist/jazz singer ^[1]

References

External links

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