Dancing Helps Maintain My Mental Health, Says Kaffy

Kafayat Shafau, one of Nigeria’s successful professional dancers, who is also known as Kaffy, has explained how she has turned to dancing to enhance her mental well-being.
 
In a chat on Channels TV, the Guinness World Record holder, said growing up in a single-parent household, she sought comfort and refuge in dancing and over time, she transitioned her dance skills into a fitness initiative at the Lagos State National Stadium with the aim of “giving people life.”

She said: “Before considering dancing as a profession, it was always a tool for maintaining my mental health. Coming of age in a typical Nigerian household with divorced parenting, I navigated through adolescence by finding solace in dancing. It served as an artistic outlet where I could escape to a realm of self-discovery.”

“Connecting with others in the social context, I realised that people were in need of an escape as well. This realisation prompted me to explore further at the national stadium until I eventually ventured into the entertainment space.”