A vast collection of artwork and historical items connected to Napoleon Bonaparte, including one of his famous bicorne hats, sold for more than $10 million at…
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Nigerian writer Abi Daré has been honoured as the inaugural winner of the Climate Fiction Prize, a new award celebrating the best novel-length fiction published in…
The Netherlands announced its intention to return over 100 Benin Bronzes taken by British forces from Nigeria in the late 19th Century, ending in a Dutch…
International Translation Day, celebrated every September 30, is a time to recognise and honour the essential work of language professionals. Their contributions are vital in fostering…
President Bola Tinubu has confirmed Olugbile Holloway’s appointment as Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. Holloway succeeds Prof. Abba Tijani, whom former President…
The famous Larabanga mosque in Bole, a town in north-west Ghana, has partially collapsed following severe rainfall. The mud roof of the Bole Mosque crumbled after…
Madame Tussauds has decided to unveil a new Rihanna wax figure.
Spicy harissa paste from Tunisia, Morocco’s raï music and Kalela dance from Zambia were selected on Thursday to join UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. The United…
Afrobeats and Amapiano to the world as Nigerian and Mzansi artists feature in the Soundtrack Album of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. Marvel Studios on Wednesday,…
Mombasa-born author Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s novel, ‘The House of Rust’ has won the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The nine shortlisted books were…