Looted Ivorian “Talking Drum” Arrives at Its Home Village After More Than a Century

A sacred “talking drum” known as the Djidji Ayôkwé, looted from Côte d’Ivoire by French colonial troops over a century ago, returned this month to the place where it was made. According to the Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA), the drum arrived on August 7 at its home village of Adjame, where the local community was able to see it for the first time.The ten-foot-long, 940-pound drum has a single-piece soundbox slit in half longitudinally. Extending out from the sl