Regional middlemen for antiquities dealers run and finance large, organised teams of looters to excavate sites.
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Arts, Culture and Sport A good museum experience pays off for the tourism sector in Ghana
Ghana’s museums can improve visitor numbers by paying attention to customer satisfaction.
African identities South Africa: UCT launches milestone Khoi and San Centre
The University of Cape Town (UCT), situated on land below Huri ǂoaxa (Hoerikwaggo or the mountain in the sea) that was once home to the Khoi and San, marked a milestone on its transformation journey with the launch of the Khoi and San Centre on 21 September.
Arts, Culture and Sport Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products – but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they’ve done the same before.
Arts, Culture and Sport Black Lives Matter but slavery isn’t our only narrative
Black Lives Matter brings the slavery story into the present in America – but it leaves Africa stuck in the past.
Arts, Culture and Sport Towards Wakanda – Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism
Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
Arts, Culture and Sport HBO’s sci-fi horror series Lovecraft Country relives the Jim Crow era
Lovecraft Country, a must watch landmark show is a story which grapples with America’s troubled past and present, a binary opposite defined relationship of us versus them is pitted throughout the narrative, be it law enforcement vis-à-vis policing and white American supremacy in the fray. It can be read as an allegory for the Black American horror reality.
Arts, Culture and Sport Why The Black Lives Matter Movement needs star amplification and solidarity
Taking the knee: Why it matters in post George Floyd killing for public personalities such as Denzel Washington, Lewis Hamilton, Jamie Foxx and other accomplished black celebrities, influencers and commentators to speak out against white supremacy and racial injustice.
Arts, Culture and Sport Michelle Obama’s Netflix documentary ‘Becoming’ — a towering portrait of a phenomenal woman
Becoming, review: Michelle Obama’s inspirational and poignant Netflix documentary — Becoming shows us at close quarters the minutiae traits of an exceptional woman. The eclectic film tells us her story and underlines Michelle’s charisma, and ability to connect with diverse people, regardless of race, class, gender or differing backstories.