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The Djidji Ayokwe "talking drum", which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived back in Ivory Coast Friday, in the latest repatriation of stolen artefacts. The post…
A sacred Ivorian drum, the Djidji Ayokwe, has returned home after over a century seized by French colonial forces.
France has returned the Djidji Ayokwe, a colonial-era 'talking drum' looted in 1916, to Côte d'Ivoire, as part of a broader effort to repatriate hundreds of cultural objects.
Ivory Coast welcomes 'talking drum', first artifact sent back from France Yahoo News UK
France has returned a sacred 'talking drum' that was looted during the colonial era to Ivory Coast, marking an act of cultural restitution.
In tonight's programme, tensions escalate between Ethiopia and Tigray. Also, Dafur's Governor Minni Arko Minawi discusses the latest developments in Sudan. And finally, after 110 years in French hands, the legendary talking drum, the Djidji Ayôkwê of the Atchan people, is finally being restituted to Ivory Coast.
The move forms part of a broader process of returning cultural artefacts to African countries that started in 2017.
Ivory Coast: The talking drum Djidji Ayôkwé finally returned after 110 years Seneweb
France has returned the Djidji Ayokwe, or 'talking drum', to Ivory Coast, marking the latest repatriation of stolen colonial-era artifacts.