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Ivory Coast celebrates return of sacred 'talking drum' looted by France | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
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The Djidji Ayokwe, a sacred "talking drum" which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, arrived back in its home village in Ivory Coast on Friday.

The ceremony, on Ivory Coast'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 (10 feet) long and weighing 430 kilogrammes, was used by the Ebrie tribe to transmit messages.

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It is one of hundreds of stolen artefacts Paris is preparing to send back to Africa, aided by the approval in May of a new French law.

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

British Museum next

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    [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    No disrepect meant, but the thumbnail looked like a shelf full of assorted drinks bottles.

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    • [–] -1 points 3 months ago

    Damn. Those poor people haven't been allowed to talk in 110 years because no one could be holding the talking drum.

    I wonder if when the French looted it some random local yelled "Give that back!" and was then shunned by the rest for having talked while not holding the talking drum.

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