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A California museum has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king, marking his silver jubilee and representing the first planned handovers of Ashanti treasures looted during colonial times. This event coincides with increasing pressure on European and U.S. museums and institutions to return African artifacts taken during the colonial rule of former powers…
The UK will loan back 32 pieces of Asante Gold, considered “crown jewels,” to Ghana,...
A family of eight from the State of Mississippi in America visited Ghana on a weeklong heritage...
Devotees of the sea deity Yemanjá gathered at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro to...
Jay-Z’s birthday [December 4th] may become a holiday in his home state of New York. This follows a proposed legislation in early December 2023 by some members of the New York City Council. ...
A second-hand dealer has won a case to retain €4.2m ($4.6m) from selling a rare African mask found in an elderly French couple’s attic. His assistance was sought by the couple who asked him...
A South African court has declared President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official coronation of the new Zulu king, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini, last year as “unlawful and invalid.” In response to a...
Swiss authorities have repatriated a significant archaeological artifact, a 2,000-year-old marble head of a young woman from the Hellenistic period, discovered a decade ago in a Geneva warehouse to Libya....
The Esther Mahlangu BMW Art Car, a globally acclaimed piece of automotive art, is set to return to South Africa next year. Created by the 87-year-old Ndebele artist, Esther Mahlangu, in 1991, it marked...
A French second-hand dealer is facing legal action after allegedly tricking a pensioner couple into selling an African mask they found in their ancestor’s home for €150 ($158), only to later...
Authorities in North West of Nigeria have married off 1,500 women in a historic mass wedding on Friday. The Kano state administration said it sponsored the marriages as a means of providing support to...
Egypt has reopened the ancient Ben Ezra synagogue that archives a collection of Jewish manuscripts, following a ten-year restoration effort. The reopening was superintended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly...
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