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France backs returning colonial-era 'talking drum' to I.Coast

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Published On: 07 Jul 2025, 21:51
Collected image for Quai Branly Museum in Paris

PARIS, July 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - France's parliament Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest greenlight to the repatriation of colonial spoils. 

President Emmanual Macron had promised to return the Djidji Ayokwe drum, used as a communication tool to transmit messages between different areas, and other artefacts to the west African country in 2021.

 

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