Being born in England, my great fear was that my child would be unable to dance. Forget mozart, lets drum!

Please forgive my very obvious prejudice. I am an African, and I tend to pour scorn on the dancing ability of Europeans. Sure there are a few exceptions, but most struggle to bust a move without being completely out of their heads…. and even then it’s iffy. Anyway, I do feel that there are some serious disadvantages to not being born on African soil, and the lack a sense of rhythm is one of them. (Possibly the biggest.)

People say that Mozart is good for babies. I took a look on Spotify and goddamnit there are a gazillion “mozart for babies” CDs. I could not find one “drumming for babies”. This looks to me like it could be a symptom!

I actually did have a go at playing some Mozart. Unfortunately the advertising world has completely destroyed the poor fellow’s legacy and my head just becomes filled with images of washing up liquid and cars and needless household appliances. I could not take more than a few seconds.

So, instead of playing Woody Mozart, pulled out The Drummers of Burundi and we did some dancing. That felt much better anyway. As long as I am diligent, I can atone for the crime of being born a European. ;-)