Arts + Culture
Nsibidi: the symbol system of south-eastern Nigeria and the Ekpe society
Nsibidi is a system of symbols used for centuries by peoples of south-eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon, including…
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Arts + Culture
Ere ibeji: the Yoruba twin figures carved to honour a lost child
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world. When a twin died,…
Music
Mohammed Wardi: Sudan’s great singer, Nubian voice and voice of protest
Mohammed Wardi, born in Nubia in northern Sudan in 1932, became the most celebrated singer in Sudan, singing…
Music
Marrabenta: the dance music of Maputo’s suburbs and Mozambique’s national sound
Marrabenta grew in the suburbs of colonial Lourenço Marques, today's Maputo, in the mid-twentieth century. Combining local rhythms…
Arts + Culture
Francis Bebey: the Cameroonian musician, writer and thinker who played the world’s instruments
Francis Bebey was a Cameroonian guitarist, composer, novelist and musicologist. He wrote the prize-winning novel Agatha Moudio's Son,…
Music
Bobby Benson: the Lagos bandleader who helped build Nigerian highlife
Bobby Benson returned to Lagos after years at sea and formed one of Nigeria's first modern dance bands.…
Arts + Culture
The return of Dahomey’s 26 royal treasures: France’s 2021 restitution to Benin
In November 2021, France returned 26 royal treasures looted from Abomey in 1892 to the Republic of Benin.…
Arts + Culture
Asante gold returns to Kumasi: the 2024 loan of looted royal treasures
In 2024, 32 gold and silver objects taken from the Asante court during British colonial wars went on…
Arts + Culture
The Great Mosque of Djenné: the mud building a whole town replasters every year
The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali is the largest mud-brick building in the world. Its current structure…
Arts + Culture
The Royal Palaces of Abomey: the bas-reliefs of the Dahomey kings
The Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin were the seat of the kings of Dahomey from the seventeenth…