Tosin Olakanye-Olayemi Has Successfully Beaten It.(Female Drummer)

Ayanbinrin: Time to groom female drummers by Akeem Lasisi

In Yorubaland, many drummers easily lay claim to coming from a family of drummers. They enjoy saying it so proudly that they have a drum proverb for it: ‘Iran igun nii jebo/ Iran akala a joku/ Iran baba mi/ Ilu nii lu’. This means ‘The family of the eagle relishes sacrifice/ That of the vulture enjoys dead bodies/ But my own family are renowned drummers.