Kaffy
Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau (born 30 June 1980), popularly known by her stage name Kaffy, is a Nigerian dancer, choreographer, dance critic, instructor and fitness coach. She is also the founder and owner of Imagneto Dance Company. She is best known for breaking the Guinness World Record for "Longest Dance Party" at the Nokia Silverbird Danceathon in 2006.
Quotes
[edit]- I chose dance when it was socially, culturally, religiously not acceptable to be a dancer. Dance had almost zero economic value.”
- We lose our history if we don’t tell our stories,I don’t want somebody from the West to come to tell the story of one African dancer. I am alive and I will tell that story. There’s no other time to do it than now.
- Some people make it back, some don’t; what is ultimate is the outcome borne out of love, rather than looking at someone as the problem, you may be the enabler of that problem.
- When you love someone, you would want to see the best of them.
- There is no impossible for me . In my world that word doesn’t exist. Difficult yes but ACHIEVABLE is my watchword.
- People need to know! A life out there can be saved, a marriage out there can do better than mine and more importantly, a second chance is always there for us all to take!
