‘It is indeed unfortunate that so much Nok material has been looted over time to supply the international art market. Properly excavated, such pieces might have shed valuable light on the Nok culture.’ Ekpo Eyo. (1) The International Council of Museums, ICOM , has issued a Red List of West African Cultural Objects at Risk … Read more
An 18th Century Chinese imperial seal has been sold for a record €21m (£18m, $22m) – more than 20 times its estimated price. The sale, to an unnamed Chinese collector, took place in Paris on Wednesday after a heated bidding war, Drouot auction house said. The palm-sized seal is made of red and white steatite, … Read more
Fellow Nigerians, Sometime in April this year, I was a guest on a radio programme on Ghana’s Starr FM. I was asked to assess the pace of development in Ghana under the current administration of President John Dramani Mahama. My perspective on what I considered the great work that President Mahama was doing in Ghana … Read more
The first Chinese firearm with an imperial reign mark ever to be offered at auction sold for 1.985 million pounds (2.5 million U. S. dollars), the auction house Sotheby’s London announced in a statement on Wednesday. The gun — a brilliantly designed and exquisitely crafted musket, produced in imperial workshops — was created for the … Read more
Lifestyle: 15 ‘red flags’ married couples ignored but had no impact It’s nice to know that some red flags are okay and acceptable. In a new Reddit thread, one user asked the married people in the group to tell them about times when something that’s traditionally considered a “red flag” in a relationship turned out … Read more
“The notion that the distinctive quality of African music lies in its rhythmic structure, and consequently that the terms ‘African music’ and ‘African rhythm’ are often interchangeable, has been so persistently thematized in writings about African music that it has by now assumed the status of a commonplace, a topos. And so it is with … Read more
I love the history of the Gold Coast especially the relationship between the colonialists and their unwilling hosts. I regret not talking to as many elderly men and women who knew a lot about the Gold Coast before they passed on. I met a few of such persons especially the ex-servicemen who fought alongside their … Read more