Made Kuti Slams Bigots Over Marriage to Igbo Woman

Kehinde Adeleye

Afrobeat singer and grandson of the legendary Fela Kuti, Made Kuti, has responded to criticisms surrounding his marriage to Inedoye Onyenso.

Kuti and Onyenso tied the knot at a civil ceremony in Lagos in November 2023. Their union has faced backlash from bigots who accused them of “mixing blood” because of their different ethnic backgrounds.

In response to a recent X post by @AdemolaOgudu, who labeled him a “foolish Yoruba man” for marrying an Igbo woman, Kuti said, “Believing ethnic superiority/inferiority is justifiable is slave mentality.”

He encouraged his critics to educate themselves with “history and knowledge left” by Pan-Africanists such as his great-grandmother Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, his grandfather Fela Kuti, Kwame Nkrumah, and Thomas Sankara.

Kuti emphasized that Africa would achieve more through unity.