wrote of African art as “social life, goodness, beauty, happiness, and the ‘knowledge of the world’”. By denying that the artworks carried knowledge they brought with them, the colonial ...

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained ... Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, told CBS News. She added, however, that ...

As decolonial scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o argues, the struggle for liberation must begin with the re-Africanisation of the mind ...

The world’s most famous collection of African art arrived in Britain after a spectacular act of colonial violence. In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African ...

The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands of the continent’s former colonisers. Europe is re-evaluating its colonial ...

A Post-Colonial Renaissance In the mid-20th ... Contemporary African Theatre Today, African theatre is a thriving art form that continues to evolve and adapt. Contemporary African playwrights ...

adds to the growing literature on the history of the colonial looting of African art and heritage and the issue of restitution, reappropriation and return. Published by Pluto, the book is edited ...

These artefacts were not merely art pieces; they held deep ... artefacts but still retains thousands of African cultural objects taken during colonial times. Most recently, despite the Netherlands ...

How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or ... He is taking ownership of the colonial era chests and using them to showcase the great statuary art of his mother's homeland.

Africa Fashion, now showing at the Portland Art Museum after much-heralded runs ... of Africa” (1960), when 17 African Nations bucked colonial occupation and, as a result, amplified the African ...

adds to the growing literature on the history of the colonial looting of African art and heritage and the issue of restitution, reappropriation and return. Published by Pluto, the book is edited ...