I’ve never thought of myself as a political artist. I write about love. The tender bits, the messy bits, the heartbreak that ...

The heirs of their original owner (Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, from a prominent Jewish family) claimed the paintings were sold under duress during World War II, but came to an out-of-court ...

The Netherlands said it would give back a major fossil collection to Indonesia, granting its former colony's request to ...

The specimen, an extinct Jamaican giant galliwasp, a reptile which the team named Celeste, was last documented as seen in the ...

The British Museum in London has often been accused of cultural imperialism and colonialism, particularly by the U.K.’s ethnic minorities. There is a bitter dispute about many famous pieces acquired ...

Extracted from: West African review (London) 25, March 1954, pages 208-209. Benin bronzes are rising in value. At a recent Sotheby's auction, one cock went for £1,400 and a bronze ram went for £700.

The Netherlands on Saturday officially handed back to Nigeria 119 precious ancient sculptures, stolen from the former kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era. It is the latest ...

From the clinking of gold bangles stacked along a woman’s arm to the sharp tap of high heels against the floor, the air hums ...

When Hilda Baci broke her second Guinness World Record for cooking the largest pot of jollof rice, Nigerians cheered, cameras ...

It is universal human nature to say and do things that are wrong and then want forgiveness. So, Anil Nandlall is right to offer an ‘unqualified and unreserved’ apology for his unacceptable, racist, ...

The Netherlands will give back the "Java Man" fossils that were taken "against the will of the people" from colonial ...

If senior secondary school students of Nigerian origin were asked to write an essay with the title of this article, I can say confidently that it would be interesting and highly competitive. I have ...