“Before I Thought of Dancing as a Profession, I Always Saw it as Something to Help me With My Mental Health,”_ Kaffy

In a recent interview on Channels TV, Nigerian professional dancer, Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau, well known as Kaffy opened up that dancing was her way of navigating life while growing up.

Kaffy explained that  she began dancing to improve her mental health even before she thought of becoming a professional dancer.

The dancer also speaks of her background and disclose that she grew up with a single parent.

She composed thus:  “Before I even thought of dancing as a profession, I always saw it as something to help me with my mental health.

“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.