Djidji Ayokwe: France returns Africa’s talking drum: This sacred instrument once “speaks” to an entire village and warns of danger | World News
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March 14, 2026
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…