{"id":33024,"date":"2024-05-29T14:48:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=33024"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:48:18","slug":"ara-the-drummer-shares-challenges-and-triumphs-in-pursuing-her-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/29\/ara-the-drummer-shares-challenges-and-triumphs-in-pursuing-her-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ara The Drummer Shares Challenges and Triumphs in Pursuing Her Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Famed talking drummer and cultural ambassador of the Ooni of Ife, Aralola Olamuyiwa, popularly known as Ara, has opened up about the obstacles she faced in her musical journey.<\/p>\n<p>During her appearance on the &#8216;Terms And Conditions&#8217; podcast, Ara, Africa\u2019s first female talking drummer, revealed that she was warned against playing the talking drum as it might prevent her from having children. Despite these discouraging claims, she defied the odds and continued to pursue her passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some drums females cannot play. I started with the traditional drums. But I evolved over the years. I played different instruments like bass guitar, keyboard, and set drums,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p>Determined to stand out, Ara taught herself how to play the talking drum after facing skepticism from those she approached for lessons due to her gender. Reflecting on her fears, she said, \u201cAlthough at some point, I was afraid. I was like, \u2018what could happen to me?\u2019 They were like, \u2018you might not be able to have kids.\u2019 It\u2019s a traditional thing but I broke that jinx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ara, who has a son with her estranged husband, Prince Nurudeen Olalekan Saliu, proudly broke through these traditional barriers, proving that passion and determination can overcome societal constraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Famed talking drummer and cultural ambassador of the Ooni of Ife, Aralola Olamuyiwa, popularly known as Ara, has opened up about the obstacles she faced in her musical journey. During her appearance on the &#8216;Terms And Conditions&#8217; podcast, Ara, Africa\u2019s first female talking drummer, revealed that she was warned against playing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":33028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33030,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33024\/revisions\/33030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}