US EditionFrance Returns Sacred Talking Drum Looted in 1916 to Ivory Coast
The drum, weighing 950 pounds and measuring over 11 feet, symbolizes social cohesion and was the first of 148 artifacts Ivory Coast requested from France.
- A 'talking drum' looted from Ivory Coast more than a century ago was returned to the country by former colonial power France.
- The drum, known as 'Djidji Ayokwé' and weighing nearly 400 kg, was used by the Atchan people to alert locals about forced labor and mobilize fighters.
- The return of the talking drum was welcomed by traditional chiefs and members of the Ebrié community as a source of joy and a reclamation of their identity.
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The sacred drum of Djidji Ayôkwé is back home after hundreds of years.
This move is part of a broader process of returning cultural artifacts to African countries that began in 2017.
Seized 110 years ago by the colonial authorities, the Djidji Ayôkwé of the Ebrié arrived on 13 March at Félix Houphouët-Boigny airport after an endless wait.
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