Colonizers

In a significant step towards justice, French lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation to repatriate the Djidji Ayôkwé, a historic talking drum, to Côte d'Ivoire. This drum, over three meters in length and weighing an impressive 430 kilograms, was seized more than a century ago by colonial troops in 1916, following the refusal of local communities to participate in forced road construction. Such an act speaks volumes about the strained legacy of colonialism. Once a vital means of communication among the Atchan…