Yetunde Kuti, the wife of Nigerian musician Seun Kuti, shares the challenges she faced regarding her marriage decision in a video released by TVC Entertainment. During an interactive segment on the show Yourviewtvc, she discloses that her family expressed concerns, warning her that if she chose to marry Seun Kuti, her life might take a negative turn, and she could become one of his 35 wives.
Seun and Yetunde Kuti, Husband and wife. source: Google
Yetunde Kuti explains that her family held this perception due to the number of wives Seun Kuti's father, Fela Kuti, had married. She shares her initial hesitation towards marriage, influenced by witnessing unstable marriages around her. However, she emphasizes the importance of making sacrifices in relationships, acknowledging that people often have various reasons for their marriages not working.
In her own words, she reflects, "I have always had the idea of not wanting to be married, and my family was expecting me not to get married, especially to Seun. I grew up with people whose marriages were not stable and looked at it from their perspective, and I realized that everybody has their own reasons why their marriages didn’t work, and people can’t just continue like that."
"There’s a sacrifice that one has to make, but some people don’t want to make the sacrifice. My family said my life would end if I married Seun Kuti and that I would just be one of his 35 wives. They said his father married many wives and that he would marry more than him."