How a Visit to My Ancestral Homeland of Benin, Togo, and Ghana Helped Me Reframe My Grief

I didn’t go looking for healing or answers in West Africa, but it’s partially what I got,” writes Georgina Lawton.

France returns a sacred drum looted during the colonial era to Ivory Coast

France has returned a looted sacred talking drum to Ivory Coast, marking the first official restitution of precious artifacts ...

Ivory Coast welcomes 'talking drum', first artifact sent back from France

By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN, March 13 (Reuters) - Traditional chiefs wearing crowns and gold chains gathered at Ivory Coast's main airport on Friday to welcome the return of a "talking drum" ...