10 Things You Should Know About Dance Queen, Kaffy As She Turns A Year

Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau, aka ‘Kaffy’ is a Nigerian dancer, choreographer, dance instructor and fitness coach who has earned her respect for acrobatic dancing with a great level of stamina to it.

Stargist.com presents you 7 facts about the dance queen as she turns a year older.

1. Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau was born on the 30th of June 1980

2. Kaffy was born in London and grew up in Canada, New York City and Egypt before coming to Lagos with her parents as a teen. She completed her primary education at Chrisland School, Opebi and her secondary school education at Coker Secondary School, Orile-Iganmu before attending Yaba College of Technology for a while and went on to obtain a diploma in data processing from Olabisi Onabanjo University.

3. Kaffy’s dancing career took off after she went to an event to perform onstage by someone who spotted her when she used to go to the National Stadium during weekends for dance rehearsals and workouts.

4. She is proudly the founder and owner of Imagneto Dance Company, an institution that has helped groomed young talents within and outside Nigeria.

5. In 2006 she broke a Guinness World Records for the longest dance party ever at the Nokia Silverbird danceathon. The talented dancer led her team on a dance show that lasted 55 hours, 40 minutes on stage.

6. The dance queen was one of the judges for ‘Malta Guinness Street Dance Africa, a reality TV dance show and was also a faculty member for MTN’s Project Fame West Africa.

7.  She has a fitness instruction; 9ja Dance Burnout and Ijoda 9ja Dance Burnout.

8. She has featured in award-winning musical videos for artistes such as Seyi Shay, D’banj, P-Square and some other international top acts.

9. Kaffy won the 2014 African Muzik Magazine Awards for Best Female Dancer of the Year.

10. The dance queen is married to Joseph Ameh, music director and drummer for Nigerian duo P-Square with whom she has two children.

Kaffy, Husband And Kids

 

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