Ransome-Kuti | |
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Nigerian political family | |
Parent house | Oodua |
Current region | Yorubaland |
Place of origin | Orile Igbein, Egba Forest |
Founded | 1830 |
Founder | Likoye Kuti |
Titles | |
Connected families | Jibolu-Taiwo family Soyinka family |
Distinctions | Nobel Prize for Literature Lenin Peace Prize Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic Member of the Order of the Niger |
The Ransome-Kuti family is a Nigerian Yoruba political family noted for its simultaneous contributions to art, religion, education and medicine. It belongs to the Nigerian bourgeoisie, and also has historic links to the Nigerian chieftaincy system.