His mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was a feminist activist in the anti-colonial movement; his father, Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, a Protestant minister and school principal, was the first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers.
Suo padre, Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, fu il primo presidente dell'Associazione degli insegnanti nigeriani, e sua madre Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti era un'attivista femminista nonché prima donna nigeriana ad avere la patente di guida.