Made Kuti proudly defends his marriage after backlash over marrying an Igbo woman

August 23, 2025

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

The couple tied the knot in a civil wedding ceremony held in Lagos in November 2023.

Since then, their union has faced backlash from bigots who criticized the couple for “mixing blood” due to their different ethnic backgrounds.

Reacting to a recent post by an X user, @AdemolaOgudu, who called him a “foolish Yoruba man” for marrying an Igbo woman, Made Kuti stated that “believing ethnic superiority/inferiority is justifiable is slave mentality.”

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

Made Kuti explained that Africa would gain more when united.