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Remembering Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, the mother of Fela and how she died tragically in the hands of military men

Children of this dispensation should have heard the name Fela Anikulapo but many may not be abreast of the great roles the mother of this legendary musician had played in Nigeria's independence struggles even as a woman. In this post, I will be taking my readers by arms to walk the memory lane with me. In the course of this article, I will bring to fore the great roles of a woman named Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.

Born as Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on October 25, 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria to Chief Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyemi Adeosolu. Her father was into agricultural business selling palms products while her mother was into dressmaking.

She became the first female student to attend the Abeokuta Grammar School after she got admitted alongside 5 others in 1914. She attended a school in Cheshire, England where she learned different vocational skills. Suffice to add that, it was during his schooling that she decided to adopted her indigenous name 'Funmilayo' in reaction to the discrimination she experienced.

She got married to her heart throb, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on 20 January, 1925. They are blessed with four children in which we have Dolapo Ransome-Kuti (daughter), Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (son), Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (son), Beko Ransome-Kuti (son). As a young lady, she worked as a teacher, arranging how lower-income women could get education. She pioneered the first preschool classes in the country.

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