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Two great-granddaughters of a Sakalava king in Madagascar, who was executed by colonial troops in 1897, have asked the French ambassador to expedite the return of their ancestor’s skull. They are also seeking restitution for two additional skulls belonging to Sakalava individuals. These remains were plundered during the late 19th-century French colonial conquest and are…
A California museum has returned seven royal artifacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti...
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 honor the Great Mother of the Sea, a revered figure in various African hybridized diaspora religious forms in...
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...
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