Dance Queen, Kaffy Shares Her Journey To Improving Her Mental Health
One of Nigeria’s successful professional dancers, Kafayat Shafau, who is popularly known as Kaffy, has shared her journey to improving her mental health.
In a chat on Channels TV, the Guinness World Record holder, talked about how she turned to dancing to enhance her mental well-being.
According to the single mother of two, 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.”
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In her words:
“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.”
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Recall that in January 2022, the mother-of-two announced that her 10-year marriage to Joseph was over.
According to her, marriage is supposed to be an alignment of destinies, but that wasn’t the case for them, so they decided to go their separate ways.