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    Olikoye: by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    The narrator goes into labor on a rainy Monday morning and is taken to the hospital bygd her neighbor. While in labor, she tells the nurse, Sister Chioma, why she has chosen the Yoruba name "Olikoye" for her first child, even though she and her husband are both Bini. She recounts the story of Nigeria's former health minister, Dr. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, who started an immunization program in the 1980s that saved countless children, including herself, from illness and death. The minister's efforts also led to the establishment of primary health care centers and family planning education. Sister Chioma knew of the minister and is moved by the

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    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.

    Ransome-Kuti received the national honor of membership in the Order of Nigeria in 1965. The University of Ibadan bestowed upon her the honorary doctorate of laws in 1968. She also held a seat in the Western House of Chiefs of Nigeria as an oloye of the Yoruba peop

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    Fela Kuti

    Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)

    "Fela" redirects here. For the Broadway musical based on his life, see Fela!

    Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz.[1] At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers".[2]AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.[3]

    Kuti was the son of Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa '70 (featuring drummer and musical director Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which he was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria's military j

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