Kaffy, a stage name for Nigerian dancer Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau, has revealed that she began dancing as a way to help with her mental health.
In a recent interview with Channels TV, Kaffy disclosed this information.
The dancer offered a brief overview of her childhood, stating that she had to take up dancing as a coping mechanism because of her parents’ divorce.
She added that later, at a fitness awareness event hosted at the Lagos State National Stadium, she “gave people life” by using her dancing abilities.
In her words:
“Before I even thought of dancing as a profession, I always saw it as something to help me with my mental health.
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“And growing up in that average Nigerian household, you have divorced parenting. You are trying to navigate through life as a young teenager. Dancing was the art form in which I found solace. I used it as an escape to somewhere I could become something.
And when I related with others in the social environment, I found out that people needed some escape. I started exploring that at the national stadium until I found the entertainment space.”
