History-Peek 2: Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti

Know more about your history and the great people who helped shape it. This is the story of Fela's mother...a woman whose story needs to be told over and over again. Read below...
Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born on 25 October 1900, in Abeokuta. She attended the Abeokuta Grammar school for secondary education, and later went to England for further studies. She soon returned to Nigeria and became a teacher. On 20 January 1925, she married the Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome Kuti. He also defended the commoners of his country, and was one of the founders of both the Nigerian Union of Teachers and of the Nigerian Union of Students.

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