Djidji Ayokwe: France returns Africa’s talking drum: This sacred instrument once “speaks” to an entire village and warns of danger | World News
The sacred drum, once a powerful communication tool for Ivorian communities, is back home more than a century after it was seized during French colonial rule. Known as the Djidji Ayokwe, the massive wooden instrument was confiscated by French authorities in 1916 and later shipped to France, where it remained in museum collections for decades. … Read more