Museums around the world are now beginning to return – or promise to return – some of the objects looted from their former colonies.
Documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer, Osvalde Lewat recently won the Pan-African Literature Award presented by the African Union. Thanks to her latest novel "Les aquatiques”. A work that addresses several topics such as traditions, the weight of marriage, social control but also women's emancipation.
In Benin, authorities are seizing the opportunity to convince the population to be vaccinated at the Parakou Fair. Vaccination is now possible in huge sheds at this international event. Accessible to visitors and vendors, this initiative has been a great success; a victory for the authorities and the medical profession.
Architects Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai discuss the challenges involved in producing and editing the recently published groundbreaking Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide.
Many of these talented artists find inspiration for their work's content and materials in their homeland. Mapondera is just one of over 150 emerging and established artists whose work will be shown at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London on October 14-17.
