Many women rebuild their lives after a broken marriage, but Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti chose a different path.
Her daughter, Nigerian dancer and singer Yeni Kuti, shared during a live episode of Your View that her late mother remained celibate for more than two decades following her separation from Afrobeat icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Yeni explained that while intimacy can be a key aspect of marriage, choosing celibacy is a deeply personal decision one her mother embraced until her final days.
She recalled that Remilekun left Fela’s home in 1981 and, until her passing in 2002, never entered another relationship.
She stated:
“From 1981 till she died, she never met another man. She was celibate during that period. I knew, but I could never understand.”
She added that during a medical check-up, doctors raised concerns after noticing changes in her mother’s body.
“The doctor asked why she wasn’t using it, that it was closing up. My mother replied, ‘Fela is the only man for me.’”
Watch the interview here:
Read some comments below:
@favvinc:”Very possible. Most of our mothers refused to remarry or even let another man close to them after a divorce or death of a husband.”
@beinglola__:”Some women will rather choose their children, stay and raise them well , than remarry and split up their kids these women deserve* all the good things of life”
@sapphire_x__x:”One reason I pity women, some might not even enjoy their marriage and once their husband kpai, they won’t move on, but this my generation own go different, I can feel it”
@blaq_beeuutee:”It’s very possible. Not everyone is always hungry for sex. There is more to this life than pen!s always meeting with v “
@rayshermanxcc:”I don’t think she’s lying because then some young women will lost their husbands at mid 59s some will remind single for the rest of their life no date and remarry.”
@iamoseroland:”It’s possible. A lot of things our mothers endured, even when they didn’t have to.”