Her 108th birthday would have been next month. “I am very, very thankful that I’m accepted as a girl drummer,” Smith ... formed the Coquettes, an all-female orchestra, in 1938.

Africa’s foremost female drummer and one of Nigeria’s greatest ... Obasanjo said this at Ara’s birthday celebration which held recently at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Lagos.

An Israeli all-female drummer group performed at the reception celebrating Israel’s 75th birthday in the Philippines organized by the Embassy of Israel in Manila. “Rhythmania describes itself ...

In the 1930s, she was billed as the “world's fastest girl drummer,” and she went on to see other female drummers follow ... Her 108th birthday would have been next month. “ ...