Ransome-Kuti family

Ransome-Kuti
Nigerian political family
Ransome-Kuti family c.1940
Parent house	Oodua
Current region	Yorubaland
Place of origin	Orile Igbein, Egba Forest
Founded	1830
Founder	Likoye Kuti
Titles	List Minister of Health Leader of a Party Chief (of Egbaland and of the Western House of Chiefs) Minister of the Church of England Professor Griot
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.