Germany’s return of sacred Kogi masks to Colombia may have health risks
Wooden artefacts dating from 15th century and bought from indigenous people were treated with pesticides while in museum Germany has returned two wooden masks of...
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Sudan officials fear for historical artefacts threatened by fighting
Warring factions urged to preserve heritage after video clip appears to show fighters raiding Khartoum museum Heritage officials in Sudan have pleaded with warring factions...
Buckingham Palace declines to return remains of ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince, say reports
Prince Alemayehu, who was taken to England after his father’s citadel was looted, was buried at Windsor Castle in 19th century Buckingham Palace has reportedly...
‘Man of 1,000 faces’ wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Samuel Fosso scoops £30,000 award for performative self-portraits of historical figures including Angela Davis and Mao Zedong One of Africa’s most important living photographers and...
Rita Lee, Brazil’s undisputed Queen of Rock, dies aged 75
Tributes pour in for founder of Os Mutantes, who sardonically named her tumour after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro Rita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician, composer...
Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga has conviction for protest overturned
Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last year Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has had her conviction...
African film-makers reimagine folktales as dark fantasy dramas for Netflix
The six films include the tale of an ogre who preys on women, a sci-fi Nigeria taken over by AI, and a girl on a...
Zimbabwe opposition tweet case fuels poll crackdown fears
CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere convicted over tweet as Zanu-PF accused of curbing free speech One of Zimbabwe’s most vocal opposition politicians, Fadzayi Mahere, has narrowly...
Benin bronzes made from brass mined in west Germany, study finds
Metal used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave trade Scientists have discovered that some of the...
