Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has shared details about his father, Fela Kuti and his upbringing.

During an Instagram live session, Seun stated that Fela had white women living in their household alongside many black women.

Seun Kuti recalled his childhood and how he grew up in their company. Over time, he became accustomed to their presence.

“My father had white women in his house, when I grew up there like two white women at least living with us. He always had white ones with the black ones.”

Kuti explained that his father remained true to his roots and never tried to change himself to impress the Caucasian women. Instead, he influenced them with his love for Africa.

“Instead of Fela to wear a suit and tie so that the white women would see him as fine but the women were the ones who started wearing shrine regalia and African hairstyles. Fela never changed because of them but they changed because of him because Fela already knew who he was and his love for Africa.”

In September, Kuti mentioned that being Fela’s son felt like winning a lottery during his appearance on the Zero Conditions podcast.

He said, “I won the daddy lottery, my father is still my favourite person in the world. He's my favourite person that I ever met, even though I only spent 14 years with him, they were 14 awesome years. He was my best friend and everything; he was a cool dad to me.

You don't know how spoilt I was growing up. Up till now I still haven't done laundry in my life, I still don't know how to wash anything. I'm not bragging o, when I was going to school, I was sleeping in British Airways and snoring. In my dream, the thought crossed my mind 'How will you wash your clothes?' That thought woke me up like someone slapped me. Then I remembered washing machine and slept back.”