Kareem: The African Drum Playing Quant
from The Professional Hobbyist Hosted by Zahra Abiola
You can do everything right in life. You can get a high paying job, buy a house and thrive academically in STEM but you may still crave the need to discover yourself and feel truly challenged. But with the stakes so high to maintain all of his achievements, he had to look to drumming to satisfy this need for more. This hobby has forced him to be bad at something - a feeling he has not been exposed to since he was a kid. Sitting with that frustration but having a safe space to improve has allowed him to deal with his ego and feel free of the pressure that has come with people a man in a high achieving field. Taking out the frustration of a long week on a drum helps as well. As he grows in the drum circle, he has learnt how to have conversations through music, connect more with his African heritage, learn about panafricanism and learn from the elders from the Caribbean community in London
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