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After 130 years of absence, 26 objects stolen in Benin are finally exhibited at home after being returned by France. The pieces were looted by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 and now take pride of place in the presidential palace. Our team…

The street enters the museum! In Abidjan, the municipality of Abobo is hosting an exhibition on local street art at the Adama Toungara Museum. A first for graffiti and tags that strewn across the city's roads. It is also a recognition for the artists, still very few to train on the street. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy…

Sculptures, paintings, photographs have been on display along the wall of the former National Assembly on Independence Avenue in Ouagadougou since Tuesday, June 1. An outdoor art market to attract the public. .

In 2020, more than 28,000 cultural objects were seized by French customs. In the context of customs, the French Archaeological Mission in Libya and the Office for Combating Trade in Cultural Objects, the Louvre in Paris allows the public to see works seized in France in 2012 and 2016 while they were being exported illegally. An unsurpassed presentation until 13 December that contributes to the fight…

In the midst of a debate on the restoration of the works looted throughout colonization, an exhibition is being held within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa. "The spirit of the ancestors" goals to reconnect younger artists with older works. To start with there may be an statement: many Congolese have no…

Brazzaville has simply hosted the fifth version of the Worldwide Exhibition of Innovation and Expertise, Osiane. It has been an exhibition for a lot of corporations, together with start-ups which were hit laborious by the well being disaster. These corporations offered their merchandise or established partnerships. With regard to the organizers, the general public authorities demand acceptable digital…

When art is mixed with politics. The exhibition "Pacte Mali" was launched yesterday at Galerie Medina in Bamako. It will last a month in the Malian capital. The artists are exhibiting works that illustrate their greatest concern at the moment. And this while a revision of the constitution was announced exactly by the transitional authorities. An exhibition in the form of civic engagement.…

In Antananarivo, in the middle of the Photo Museum's gardens, is an exhibition run by NGO Blue Ventures dedicated to traditional fishermen. The opportunity to make the inhabitants of the highlands aware of the role of these essential actors in the conservation of marine resources. In view of the lack of marine resources, small Malagasy fishermen have been organized for the last fifteen years to manage…

Six candidates face incumbent President Idriss Déby Itno, who is seeking a sixth term in the April 11 presidential election. If the candidates meet their constituents during meetings, it is also on the streets of Ndjamena that the race for the Pink Palace is played out through campaign posters. They are distributed in large numbers on the streets of the Chadian capital. But the opposition condemns the…

Too many traffic jams, too expensive rents, inaccessible coastline ... These are some of the residents of Dakar. How can the quality of life of the people of Dakar be improved? This is the theme of a virtual exhibition, "Living in Dakar", which is aimed at residents and also those involved in urban planning. A project led by two architects, with Goethe Institut.…