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Nigeria’s Maristella Okpala, Wins Best National Costume at Miss Universe 2021

Maristella Okpala, Miss Universe Nigeria, was awarded the Best National Costume award at the just concluded Miss Universe 2021 pageant. …

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The World’s First Virtual Rhino Horn Sold in South Africa

The world’s first virtual rhino horn has been auctioned in South Africa. “We have rhinos on the reserve, they are …

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British Museum to Display the World’s Oldest Map of Stars

The British Museum will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major …

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England Set To Return First Benin Bronze to Nigeria in October

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments will receive a Benin Bronze from Jesus College, University of Cambridge, England, on …

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Egypt Reopens Ancient King Djoser’s Southern Tomb after 15 Years Renovation

Egypt reopened to tourists the 4,700-year-old southern tomb of King Djoser at the pyramid of Saqqara after a 15-year renovation. …

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Breonna Taylor Portrait on Display at Smithsonian NMAAHC as Part of New Exhibit

Artist Amy Sherald’s iconic portrait of Breonna Taylor went on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History …

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Artefacts Looted By British Forces Returned To Ethiopia

Artefacts looted by British troops from Ethiopia in 1868 have been returned to the Ethiopian embassy in London. They include …

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The Ankara Fabric

By Akinbola Esther The Ankara fabric, originally known as the Dutch Wax Print, has been in existence for a long …

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21st Olu of Warri Reverses Ancestral Curse on Nigeria

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa …

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African Scarification Dots– Karo Tribe in Ethiopia

By Akinbola Esther Karo Tribe is a small tribe with an estimated population between 1,000 and 3,000. They can be …

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#HistoryVille – The Life of Chike Obi

Chike Obi (April 17, 1921 – March 13, 2008) was a Nigerian politician, mathematician, and professor. He was the first Nigerian …

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SODEKE: THE BEAU IDÉAL OF THE ẸGBA PEOPLE

Sodeke was born in Iporo in the Ẹgba forest, his father, Rogidi was a farmer, his mother, Efuwo, was said …

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The Unimaginable Life of the Koma Tribe

By Esther Akinbola                                    Koma people are found in Ganye Chiefdom, in the present Jada local government area of Adamawa State. …

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Slave Cemetery Discovered On Caribbean Island

On the grounds of the island airport (Oranjestad) archaeologists have discovered a former slave fiefdom If you dig into the …

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Kenya Launches Elephant Naming Festival to Celebrate World Elephant Day

Kenya is set to hold an elephant naming ceremony aimed at promoting conservation. The festival was launched on Monday by …

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Kenya Launches Elephant Naming Festival

Kenya is set to hold an elephant naming ceremony aimed at promoting conservation. The festival was launched on Monday by …

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Music Genres in Africa

By Akinbola Esther Music is a big deal in Africa and it has helped in telling their Stories. There are …

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Egypt Retraces Journey of Jesus Christ’s Family through Its Country for Tourism

Egypt has retraced the biblical route of Jesus Christ’s family while in the North African country from Bethlehem, to promote …

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Zimbabwe Honours Anti-Colonial Heroine in Celebration of Africa Day

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled a statue of the 19th Century war heroine and one of the leaders of …

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Senegal Museum Reopening Celebrates Art ‘Back on African Soil’

Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Dakar reopened this week after over a …

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Theodore-Monod Museum Of Art in Dakar Reopens, Celebrates Art ‘Back On African Soil’

Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Dakar reopened this week after over a …

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Egyptian Archeologists Discover 110 Ancient Tombs

Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs in an ancient site in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia around 150 kilometers …

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Melanesians: The World Only Natural Black Blondes

For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few …

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Senegalese Women Try To Keep Pottery Tradition Alive

For these Senegalese women, this outside pottery workshop is their ultimate meeting place where they spend most days working with …

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Celebrating Historical African Women’s Hairstyles

By Akinbola Esther Hair! Hair played a major Role in the Ancient African Culture and Civilisation. A Glamorous Hairdo came …

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The Mummified Remains of 22 Kings and Queens Arrive In New Resting Place

The mummified remains of 22 kings and queens from ancient Egypt go on display at their new resting place south …

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Ten Facts about Africa

BY Akinbola Esther ·         Africa Is The Second Largest Continent On Earth Africa is the second largest continent in the world …

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West African Archaeologist to Rewrite the Textbooks on Human Evolution

Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known …

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#HistoryVille – The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Gabriel Ogundele

Olaudah Equiano (c.1745–March 31, 1797), was a writer and abolitionist from the Eboe (Igbo) region of what is today South-Eastern …

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Egyptian Archaeologists Discover Lost City Dating Back More Than 3,000 Years

Egyptian archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of a lost city that dates back more than 3,400 years to the …

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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization opens to public

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization has been fully opened to the public. The facility was opened just a day …

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Mummified Pharaohs Moved to New Cairo Home Following Egypt’s Golden Parade

Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only woman pharaoh, began the journey along with 21 others to their new resting place: the country’s …

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Egypt Mummies to Pass Through Cairo in Ancient Rulers

Crowds of curious Egyptians are expected to line the streets to witness an historic procession of their country’s ancient rulers …

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Cameroon’s Museum Of War, Goulfey Keeps Ancient History Alive

Goulfey, a town located about fifty kilometers from Kousseri in the northern region of Cameroon, is experiencing a new captivating …

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First Art Prize Dedicated To Female African Artists Launches in Accra.

The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize—the first ever dedicated award for female African artists living and working in Africa—launches in Accra, …

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British University to Return Benin Bronze to Nigeria

The University of Aberdeen says it will return a Benin Bronze to Nigeria within weeks, the first institution to do …

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Cascadia Art Museum Reopens With New Exhibition

Cascadia Art Museum is reopening with a new exhibition ‘The Sculpture of Charles W. Smith’. Originally from Woodside, N.Y., Smith …

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Actress Angelina Jolie Puts Painting “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” Up For Sale

Angelina Jolie has just put the painting “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” up for sale. This painting has particular historical …

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The Beauty in NOK Art

The NOK culture is an early Iron Age population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of NOK …

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Brazilian Rapper Emicida on a mission to recover Brazil’s black history

When the black Brazilian rapper Emicida imagines his country’s whitewashed history, he sees a textbook missing a succession of key …

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How Contemporary Do You Rate Abstract Art As?

Etymologically, the word Abstract was adaptation from the Romans and it literally and originally meant to ‘drag’ or ‘draw’ something …

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Nigeria Demands Release of Benin Bronzes

As the Prussian Palace made its grand opening of a museum on Wednesday, the debate on the return of artifacts …

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500 Decade-Old Great Pyramid Artefact Found in Scotland

One of only three artefacts ever recovered from inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid has been found in a misplaced cigar tin …

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Online Bidder Pays $98K to Get Close ‘Mona Lisa’

An online bidder has paid 80,000 euros ($98,000) to get up close and personal with the “Mona Lisa,” after the Louvre museum in …

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Nigeria Receives Priceless “Smuggled” 600 Years Old Artifact From Netherlands

Nigeria has received a “priceless” terracotta head believed to be at least 600 years old which was smuggled to the …

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Media Giants Bertelsmann To Invest Over $2 Billion On Simon & Schuster Acquisition

German media group Bertelsmann will acquire U.S. publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for more than $2 billion, a source …

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Literature Giant Chimamanda Wins Winners of Winners Book Award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction “Winner of Winners” award following …

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Ghanain Artist Dazzles With Stunning Paintings From Her Art Studio

Meet Nyornuwofia Agorsor better known ‘Agorsor’. The brown skin diva is quite gifted hard working and multi-talented painter/musician (Vocalist, instrumentalist, …

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