Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Venice Biennale 2017: Viva Africa Viva?

Does the label “African” at events like the Venice Biennale finally expire? The program “African Art in Venice” begs to differ

International Museum Day: Experts seek re-introduction of history, war museum creation

The re-introduction of History as a subject in Nigeria’s secondary and tertiary institutions came to fore at this year’s ‘2017 Inter

Kaduna plastic house: From waste to shelter

Nigerians are not in the habit of recycling their waste unlike other countries where every household has organised waste collection systems for specif

Review: Black Moses by review – a picaresque tour-de-force

A Congolese orphan struggles to escape desperate circumstances in a novel whose ebullient humour has an undertow of grief Alain Mabanckou, a writer of

From Porto-Novo to Paris Africa, contemporary art’s new hot-spot

Artists from the continent display a bright streak of edgy and playful work in the French capital   Before the first world war the most exciting