A few weeks ago, Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole was the guest of the Troyeville Hotel book club in Johannesburg. Obs…
Tag: museums
The politics of selling African art mostly collected during colonial era to private collectors (in the Netherlands)
The proposed sale of the Africa Collection at The World Museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands has sparked some interestin…
Save the Museum (in Uganda)
Just about this time last year, Uganda lost a priceless part of its cultural heritage when the Kasubi Tombs were burnt d…
YINKA SHONIBARE IN NEW JERSEY
If you have no qualms crossing the bridges or tunnels into New Jersey, go see Nigerian dandy, Yinka Shonibare MBE’…