The Djidji Ayokwe, a sacred “talking drum” which was looted by French colonial troops in 1916 and taken to France, on Friday arrived back in its home village in Ivory Coast.The ceremony, on Ivory Coast’s national independence day holiday, was the first time today’s Ivorians were able to see it.The i

ICoast set eyes on talking drum, looted by France, for first time

Ivory Coast on Friday celebrated the return of a sacred drum looted by French troops in 1916. The homecoming parade through the streets of Abidjan took place on the country’s…