Sculpture of colonial officer’s ‘angry spirit’ returns to DRC as Dutch urge reckoning
Carved wooden figure at Venice Biennale aims to spark debate about colonial blindspots in the art world A statue depicting the angry spirit of a...
Category : Culture
France and Germany to research provenance of African objects in national museums
Three-year €2.1m fund will prioritise former colonies of the two countries and could lead to return of items Germany and France will jointly spend €2.1m...
UK curator of African film to receive Bafta award
June Givanni founded London archive documenting Pan-African cinema over 40 years A pioneering curator, writer and programmer of African film is to receive Bafta’s outstanding...
Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actor and voice of Disney’s Coco, dies aged 90
Murguía, who voiced titular character in Oscar-winning animated Pixar film, appeared in more than 100 roles spanning cinema, stage and television Ana Ofelia Murguía, the...
Nearly 21ft bronze statue of Shakira unveiled in her home town in Colombia
In social media posts, the singer thanked the sculptor Yino Márquez and his students for their ‘enormous artistic talent’ Shakira has been transformed into a...
Taylor Swift fan died of heat exhaustion at Rio concert, forensics report finds
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died hours after the singer’s 17 November show – a day when temperatures hit 40C Heat exhaustion caused the death of...
Zahara, platinum-selling South African singer-songwriter, dies aged 35
Singer who played for Nelson Mandela at his home had been hospitalised with ‘physical pains’, and previously suffered liver damage from alcoholism The South African...
Denzel Washington’s casting as Hannibal in Netflix film sparks race controversy in Tunisia
Newspapers and politicians discuss general’s skin tone, saying actor’s casting in the role created ‘a historical error’ A decision to cast black actor Denzel Washington...
African writer ruined by row with Graham Greene finally gets chance to shine
Fifty years after being accused of plagiarism, book is reissued in a bid to rehabilitate gifted Malian author Yambo Ouologuem In 1968 the books pages...
Coldplay concert to go ahead in Malaysia amid opposition from conservative Muslims
‘Kill switch’ to cut power in case of an ‘unwanted incident’ was discussed, but the band’s support of Palestine has endeared them to prime minister...
