Ayodele Drum and Dance

I am so incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to spread awareness on the great work T. Ayo has been doing in her community at Ayodele Drum and Dance. Raised with no mother, Ayo had to find her own path in a community that couldn't help her foster the rhythm of drum and dance through a feminine perspective. Now a Mother to kids that participate in the program, Ayo has taken lessons she's learned from the past to help young women that come from similar upbringings and transform them into warriors through the practice of drum, dance, and family.

It’s an honor to tell her story and to do so in celebration of Women’s History Month through ABC 7 Chicago as a Producer for this piece. Attached below is the link to view the piece along with others. Ayodele Drum and Dance starts at 1:48.

https://abc7chicago.com/society/2020-visionaries-celebrating-chicago-women/6036847/

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