<P> Kuti was the mother of the activists Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a musician; Beko Ransome - Kuti, a doctor; and Professor Olikoye Ransome - Kuti, a doctor and health minister . She was also grandmother to musicians Seun Kuti and Femi Kuti . She is highly regarded in her native Nigeria for notable acts as an African woman . </P> <P> Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born on 25 October 1900, in Abeokuta, to Chief Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu of the Jibolu - Taiwo family . Her father was a son of a returned slave from Sierra Leone (see Nova Scotian Settlers), who traced his ancestral history back to Abeokuta in what is today Ogun State, Nigeria . He became a member of the Anglican faith, and soon returned to the homeland of his fellow Egbas . </P> <P> She attended 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 Nigeria Union of Teachers and of the Nigerian Union of Students . </P> <P> Ransome - Kuti received the national honour of membership in the Order of the Niger 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 people . </P>

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