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.
This disclosure was made by Kaffy in a recent Channels TV interview.
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.
Later on, she claimed, at a fitness awareness event hosted at the Lagos State National Stadium, she “gave people life” by using her dancing abilities.
According to her:
I always saw dancing as a means to support my mental health, even before I considered it a career.
You were raised in an ordinary Nigerian home by divorced parents. As a young teenager, you are attempting to make your way through life. I found comfort in the art form of dancing. I saw it as a means of getting away to a place where I could succeed.
Additionally, I discovered that people required some form of escape when I interacted with others in a social setting. I began investigating it in the national stadium and eventually came to the entertainment area.