To the Beat of Her Own Drum: OAC Heritage Fellowship Recipient Linda Thomas Jones Makes Music Meaningful Considered one of the founding mothers of female African drumming in the United States, Linda Thomas Jones—called Mama Fasi by her students—is a recipient of a 2017 Heritage Fellowship Award from the Ohio Arts Council. August 29, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Cleveland, Drum Woman Productions, Fasi's Cultural Experience, Heritage Fellowship Awards, Iyanifa Fasi Irunsewe, Linda Thomas Jones, Mama Fasi, Ohio Arts Council Read More »