This week, Spotlight on Africa takes us to Marrakech, Morocco. RFI English was on the ground to cover the Moroccan…
Browsing: Art
Since his death 30 years ago, the Nigerian painter and sculptor Ben Enwonwu has been widely hailed as Africa’s greatest…
African contemporary arts are attracting increasing interest thanks to a packed season stretching from Europe to Africa. Artists and curators…
RFI’s Spotlight on Africa met with artist Gavin Jantjes to chat about his To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970-2023. The exhibition traces his journey…
JINHUA, China, April 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — From March 24 to April 2, a delegation from Jinhua City in east China’s…
In his book Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin, historian Paddy Docherty reveals the brutality…
Issued on: 30/04/2022 – 16:21 The much-celebrated return of 26 treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey has culminated in a…
Issued on: 19/02/2022 – 16:46 Benin President Patrice Talon on Saturday will inaugurate an exhibition of historic artworks returned by…
The return to Benin of 26 works of art looted by France’s colonial troops has fuelled hopes that other European countries…
French President Emmanuel Macron attended a ceremony to formally hand back 26 items taken from the kingdom of Dahomey in the south…