Meet FAMU’s First Woman Head Drum Major: ‘I’ve Honored The Women Before Me’

Oluwamodupe “Dupe” Oloyede is used to commanding a field — but this fall, she stepped into a role no woman before her has ever held at Florida A&M University.

The senior music student has become the first woman head drum major of FAMU’s legendary Marching 100 and only the second woman drum major in the band’s 79-year history.

For Oloyede, the milestone wasn’t something she initially imagined…

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