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Civilizations of Africa through a new lens

The continent of Africa is recognized as the place where humankind originated and evolved over millennia. From famous ancestors like Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis remains unearthed in Ethiopia ...
Artnet

Senegal Unveils a Vast Museum That Raises the Stakes in Africa’s Campaign to Reclaim Its Art

For so long the artistic history of an entire continent has largely been told by others or stowed away in faraway museums. As pressure mounts on museums outside Africa to return art and artifacts ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Senegal’s new Museum of Black Civilizations is a call to come home

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UPI

Met exhibit examines origins of civilization in Africa

Dec. 13 (UPI) --Forty-two pieces of African art covering five millennia will be on display starting Tuesday at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. "The African Origin of Civilization: ...
Decider

‘Africa’s Great Civilizations’ Is An Addictive Must-Watch Docu-Series

Discover What’s Streaming On: I’m a sucker for a good, engaging, pretty history doc. It’s just who I am. But last month, I became absolutely spellbound by a six-part docu-series called Africa’s Great ...
Hyperallergic

Massive Lego Kingdoms That Defy the Cultural Erasure of Africa’s Medieval Civilizations

In July of 2007, during a speech at Cheikh Anta Diop University in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, then French president Nicolas Sarkozy infamously said: “The tragedy of Africa is that the African ...
Afro

At New Museum Of Black Civilizations, A Call To Come Home

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal opened this month amid a global conversation about the ownership and legacy of African art. The West African nation’s culture ...