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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago

www.theguardian.com

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France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago

www.theguardian.com

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/world/p/751374/france-returns-sacred-talking-drum-looted-from-cote-divoire-over-100-years-ago

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They’ve been “free” since 1937; it’s more a problem of doing literally anything to make amends now.
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  Oh my mistake, though wikipedia is saying 1947.

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