France returns sacred 'talking drum' looted during colonial rule to Ivory Coast

The move forms part of a broader process of returning cultural artefacts to African countries that started in 2017.‎

'Talking drum' returns to Côte d'Ivoire, 110 years after it was looted by French colonizers

An artifact called the 'talking drum' or 'Djidji Ayôkwé,' the first relic France has officially given back to Côte d'Ivoire, arrived in Abidjan on Friday. After a period of acclimatization, it will go on display at the Museum of Civilizations in April.

France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago

Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month A sacred artefact looted by French colonial authorities more than a century ago has been returned to Côte d’Ivoire in one of the most significant cultural restitutions to a former French colony in years. The Djidji Ayôkwé, a talking drum confiscated in 1916 by French administrators, landed at 8.45am on Friday at the airport in Port Bouët on the outskirts of the economic capital, Abidjan. It was handed over to Ivorian of...

By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan

France returns a sacred drum looted during the colonial era to Ivory Coast - Yahoo

France returns a sacred drum looted during the colonial era to Ivory Coast  Yahoo