Babatunde Olatunji Shapes Modern Drumming
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Babatunde Olatunji is one of the world’s most famous drummers. The musician, who was born in southwestern Nigeria to the Yoruba people, was raised on traditional drumming, and in 1950, went to Morehouse College in Georgia on a scholarship from the Rotary International Foundation, and continued on to New York University, where he made spare cash by playing in a small drummers groups. Though he moved to America to ...Babatunde Olatunji Shapes Modern Drumming