Arts & Culture
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Senegal inaugurates museum of black civilisations
Dakar, Dec, 8, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Senegal President, Macky Sall of has inaugurated Senegal’s new Museum of Black Civilisations in the capital, Dakar. It follows calls from ... -
Nigeria’s Seun Kuti nominated for Grammy’s best world album
London, Dec. 7, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 band, has been nominated for 61st Grammy’s best world music album for ... -
Ivory Coast demands return of over hundred stolen artefacts from France
Abidjan, November 29, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Ivory Coast became the latest country to ask France to return over one hundred artefacts looted from the country days ... -
Stolen Benin bronzes to be returned to Nigeria by British, French museums
London, November 27, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Some of the bronzes looted from the Benin Empire by British soldiers over 100 years will be returned to Nigeria, ... -
Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old tomb in Luxor
London, November 25, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Egypt on Saturday held an unveiling ceremony for a 3,000-year-old tomb, and sarcophagi [ancient coffins], discovered earlier this month in ... -
Nigeria: Lagos moves up the ladder, joins World Cities Culture Forum
London, November 19, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Lagos has recorded a major global recognition for its commitment to the arts and culture as it formally joins the ... -
Nigeria: African Diva Tiwa Savage dedicates MTV EMA award to all girls with dreams
London, November 5, 2018,(AltAfrica) – Celebrated African diva and pop star Tiwa Savage made history on Sunday as she became the first Nigerian female ... -
Nigeria’s tourism, culture more profitable than oil – Runsewe
London, November 3, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Mr Otunba Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, has said that culture and tourism, when promoted, would earn ... -
Nigerian actors, RMD, Joke Silva others win AMAA 2018 in Rwanda
London, October 21, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Veteran Nigerian actors, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Joke Silva have emerged winners at the 14th edition of the Africa Movie Academy ... -
Meet Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nigerian born visual artist whose works sold for $3.4 million in the UK
London, October 20, 2018 (AltAfrica)-It’s probably a good year to be Nigerian, considering the global attention the country keeps getting thanks to its ...
