Nigeria has formally received 119 looted artifacts from the Dutch government, as part of the official repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes taken away by European countries from the West African country over a century ago. The handing over of the artifacts at a formal signing ceremony in Nigeria’s southwesternContinue Reading
A South African government official on Monday called for the return of the artifacts that were “stolen” from Africa during the colonial era. South African Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie made the remarks at the second G20 Culture Working Group session held in Johannesburg, the largestContinue Reading
by Arison Tamfu, Wang Ze For many, it was their last sight of Africa. Pushed through the “Gate of No Return,” thousands of Africans were shipped from the Port of Slaves in Bimbia, a seaside resort town in Limbe, Cameroon, to a life of slavery in Europe andContinue Reading
