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The role Britain’s anti-slavery mission played in looting African art. And the campaign to get it returned.

Kesho Kutwa is a well-curated exhibition with spectacular art pieces from five contemporary artists.

No discussion of the Parthenon Sculptures would be complete without talking about the British Museum Act 1963 and its notorious Provision 5(1)(c). Anyone seriously interested in the fate of these sculptures and in the resolution of this issue must confront the reality of this law and what constraints it imposes on us.

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The company is purchasing shares in another company that is supposed to create a platform for non-fungible tokens.

ECOWAS Commissioner Mamadou Traore holds talks with the Liberian Authorities LISTEN MAY 11, 2021 On the 6th and 7th of May 2021, a mission of the ECOWAS Department of Education Science and Culture, led by acting Commissioner Mamadou Traore, visited Monrovia and had audience with the Liberian authorities as part of advocacy for the return of African cultural property to their countries of origin. The first audience was granted by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liber...

How Often Will Germany Insult Nigeria When Demands Are Made For Restitution Of Looted Artefacts? Listen to article "I was moved to silent melancholy at the thought that this assembly of degenerate and feeble-minded posterity should be the legitimate guardians of so much loveliness.” Leo Frobenius, on seeing Ile-Ife art . (1) On the occasion of the opening of the Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Nigeria once again asked Germany for the return of looted Nigerian artefacts in Germany. (2) This was noth...