President Emmanuel Macron of France has confirmed the return to Benin of 26 works of art, stolen by French troops …
Cambridge University will on Wednesday become the first British institution to return a Benin Bronze to the Nigerian authorities. Jesus …
The British Museum will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major …
The National Commission for Museums and Monuments will receive a Benin Bronze from Jesus College, University of Cambridge, England, on …
Nigeria has finally reached an agreement with the German government on the return of the Benin bronzes. A Memorandum of …
Emeralds were believed to have held miraculous powers to heal and to ward off evil A pair of rare diamond …
The new exhibition called “Remember Me” at the Rijksmuseum offers a snapshot of European society in the Renaissance period. It …
Archaeologists in Morocco have identified clothes making tools fashioned from bone dating back 120,000 years, the oldest ever found, one …
A Nigerian group of artists has offered to donate artworks to the British Museum in London to encourage it to …
Farouk Suleimon is a 9 year old art prodigy who has captured the minds of art connoisseurs across the country. …
Egypt reopened to tourists the 4,700-year-old southern tomb of King Djoser at the pyramid of Saqqara after a 15-year renovation. …
Kehinde Wiley, most known for his portrait of President Barack Obama, will create a new version of Thomas Gainsborough’s 18th …
Artist Amy Sherald’s iconic portrait of Breonna Taylor went on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History …
Artefacts looted by British troops from Ethiopia in 1868 have been returned to the Ethiopian embassy in London. They include …
By Akinbola Esther The Ankara fabric, originally known as the Dutch Wax Print, has been in existence for a long …
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa …
By Akinbola Esther Karo Tribe is a small tribe with an estimated population between 1,000 and 3,000. They can be …
Egyptian batik designer Samar Hassanein has been working in Egypt for years on enhancing the art of batik, a patterned …
Chike Obi (April 17, 1921 – March 13, 2008) was a Nigerian politician, mathematician, and professor. He was the first Nigerian …
Sodeke was born in Iporo in the Ẹgba forest, his father, Rogidi was a farmer, his mother, Efuwo, was said …
The official said the reparation of the artefacts would go with building an ultramodern museum in Edo and the training …
The African Union Commission has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left 72 people dead. Protests against the …
The Nigerian Government has demanded what it described as “a full and unconditional” return of 1,130 Benin Bronzes that were …
Thinkspace Projects is pleased to present a myriad of new work for one week only this July. Although the gallery …
By Esther Akinbola Koma people are found in Ganye Chiefdom, in the present Jada local government area of Adamawa State. …
After a year of absence, the international animation film festival has returned to Annecy in the southeast of France. This …
On the grounds of the island airport (Oranjestad) archaeologists have discovered a former slave fiefdom If you dig into the …
Kenya is set to hold an elephant naming ceremony aimed at promoting conservation. The festival was launched on Monday by …
By Akinbola Esther Adire Textile is the Indigo – dyed cloth made is southwestern Nigeria by Yoruba women. It is …
By Akinbola Esther Music is a big deal in Africa and it has helped in telling their Stories. There are …
Egypt has retraced the biblical route of Jesus Christ’s family while in the North African country from Bethlehem, to promote …
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled a statue of the 19th Century war heroine and one of the leaders of …
Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Dakar reopened this week after over a …
The portrait of Michelle Obama hanging at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. will be taken down on …
Olumide Oresegun is a Nigerian Postwar & Contemporary painter. Olumide Oresegun’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with …
Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs in an ancient site in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia around 150 kilometers …
Nigeria now ranks in the league of nations of Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Were this not true; one would think it …
Most of the artefacts were looted by British forces during a military expedition to the kingdom, in what is now …
For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few …
For these Senegalese women, this outside pottery workshop is their ultimate meeting place where they spend most days working with …
One of the creative artworks shows the dispersal of plastic particles in the air (Google) Four global artists have partnered …
“Promise, Witness, Remembrance” brings together artists from across the country to honor the legacy of the young woman who was …
In 1897, British colonial forces razed Benin City, massacring an unknown number of people and bringing a violent end to …
By Akinbola Esther Hair! Hair played a major Role in the Ancient African Culture and Civilisation. A Glamorous Hairdo came …
The mummified remains of 22 kings and queens from ancient Egypt go on display at their new resting place south …
BY Akinbola Esther · Africa Is The Second Largest Continent On Earth Africa is the second largest continent in the world …
