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

ABC News reports that France has repatriated a sacred talking drum looted from West Africa’s Ivory Coast in 1916 by French ...

Traditional chiefs wearing crowns and gold chains gathered at Ivory Coast's main airport on Friday to welcome the return of a ...

The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match ...

An artifact called the 'talking drum' or 'Djidji Ayôkwé,' the first relic France has officially given back to Côte d'Ivoire, ...

France returned a sacred drum that was taken from the Ivory Coast during colonial rule at a ceremony in Abidjan on Friday, marking the first official restitution of a cultural artefact from France to ...

The Djidji Ayôkwé was looted by colonial troops in 1916. It is one of hundreds of objects France is preparing to send back to ...

France returns a sacred drum looted during the colonial era to Ivory Coast - France has returned a looted sacred talking drum ...