International thief thief
There can no longer be false justifications for holding Benin Bronzes, and other pilfered materials, in museums outside of Africa.
Benin
The specter of Mannetjies Roux
An encounter on a cross continental flight with white South African men and their ways, by Robina Marks, a black woman and South Africa’s ambassador in Benin.
What comes after art repatriation
We all want to see Africa's heritage repatriated to the continent. But what happens after it returns?
The Museum of Black Civilizations
France no longer has an excuse to hold on to Senegal's cultural heritage. Senegal has a place for it.
Interview: Abdellah Karroum and the Benin Biennale
We tracked down Abdellah Karroum in Paris, and asked him some questions about the Biennale Regard
If dolls never die, neither does their past
The artist Gérard Quenum's work suggest that society’s collective bad parenting and maltreatment cannot ever, completely ransack the spirit.
Paris is a Continent, N°5
Not sure what it says about France that Dominique Strauss-Kahn (he is portrayed as a victim of
Music Break
“A part James Brown, vive Poly-Rythmo!” Or, “James Brown aside, viva Poly-Rythmo. That’s what the youth