A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for ...

France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils.

French MPs have unanimously adopted legislation allowing Paris to return to Cote d'Ivoire the Djidji Ayôkwé talking drum, which colonial troops seized from the Ebrié tribe in 1916.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $16.99 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-813-1 Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africa South of the Sahara, ed. by V ronique Tadjo, also explores ancient cultural traditions.

Alidu takes the talking drums of his past into new territory with his American band, the Bizung Family, on Land of Fire (self-release; September 16, 2010). Recorded from Madagascar to the Rockies, the ...