At the Kumasi Centre for National Culture, the rhythm rises into the air, steady and measured. To the unfamiliar ear, it is music. But to those who understand, it is language. This is the ‘Atumpan’, ...

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST—ABC News reports that France has repatriated a sacred talking drum looted from West Africa’s Ivory Coast in 1916 by French colonial authorities. The 950-pound drum, known as ...

Ivory Coast is celebrating the return of a sacred drum looted during French colonial rule. Screengrab of video on Facebook/Françoise Remarck The Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is celebrating the return ...

The Djidji Ayokwe was officially returned to Ivory Coast after the French parliament approved a special law allowing the artefact to be removed from France’s national collections. The sacred drum had ...

I didn't know how much I didn't know about drums. There are drums that talk, that can imitate speech. There are drums grouped in families for the purpose of talking to each other. Tapping a drum with ...

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 ...

ABIDJAN: The Djidji Ayokwe “talking drum”, which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived back in Ivory Coast on Friday, in the latest repatriation of stolen artefacts ...

Ivorian Culture Minister Françoise Remarck delivers a speech at a celebration of the 'talking drum' artifact's restitution, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on March 13, 2026. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP An ...

ABIDJAN, March 13 - Traditional chiefs wearing crowns and gold chains gathered at Ivory Coast's main airport on Friday to welcome the return of a "talking drum" looted more than a century ago, the ...

Traditional chiefs gathered at Ivory Coast's main airport on Friday to welcome a "talking drum" looted over a century ago. This marks the first artefact returned to the West African nation by its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‎"This is a historic day with lot of emotions," Ivory Coast's Culture Minister Françoise Remarck (above) told the BBC [AFP via ...