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Visitors look at statues of the ‘Royal treasures of Abomey kingdom’ on display at the Musee du quai Branly in Paris on September 10, 2021, part of 26 artworks set to be restituted to Benin later in the year. (Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP)
ART

Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums

Here is a recap of disputes over artefacts looted from Europe’s former African colonies.

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
Joseph Ndandarika, who was once described as one of the three greatest living stone sculptors. (Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe)
AFRICAN ART

In praise of African art: How Shona sculpting emerged

How Shona stone art came into its own after independence

  • Percy Zvomuya
35 min read
Exquisite: The miniature ivory sculpture of Queen Idia, mother of Esigie, the Oba of Benin (1504 to 1550)
ANTHONY ENAHORO

Wole Soyinka: The mystery of the mask

You Must Set Forth At Dawn chronicles events in the writer’s life, inc

  • Wole Soyinka
5 min read