Cote d’Ivoire: Ivorian Drum, Looted By France, Goes On Display for First Time At Home

The Djidji Ayokwe, a sacred “talking drum” which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived in its home village in Côte d’Ivoire on Friday, where local people were able to see it for the first time since it was repatriated in March.

The ceremony, coinciding with Côte d’Ivoire’s national independence day holiday, was the first time today’s Ivorians were able to see it.

The imposing wooden drum, more than three metres long and weighing 430 kilogrammes, was used by…