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Benin to Receive More Bronze Returns Next Year as the West Restitutes Loot
Benin City will receive additional returns of its plundered bronzes back from museums in the West and collectors early next…
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Nigerian 11-year-old’s Ballet Dancing Skills Stun Celebrities And Viewers Around The World
A video of Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, spread across the internet as social media users…
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Bars and Restaurants Open in Paris
On a normal weekend, rue d’Aligre, near Place de la Bastille in Paris’s 12th arrondissement, is lined with raucous fruit…
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Luca Guadagnino Teams Up with the Coen Brothers for “Scarface” Remake
Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is to take on the long-gestating new version of classic gangster film…
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Tony Allen: “Fela was Right – but I Detest Singing Militant”
Editorial Note: Following the Afrobeat legend’s passing, we have dug through the archives to bring back an interview he sat…
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Nigerian Afrobeat Pioneer and “Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived”, Tony Allen, Dies at 79
The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who is credited with creating Afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly…
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Banky W, Seni Sulyman Selected for Prestigious Bishop Tutu Fellowship
The African Leadership Institute has announced exceptional emerging African leaders for the prestigious Tutu Leadership Fellowship for 2020. According to…
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Pretty Woman at 30: Conservatism, Materialism and Glowing Star Power
There are a lot of fantasies at play in Pretty Woman, the hit romantic comedy that transformed Julia Roberts into…
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The Best English-Language Remakes – Ranked!
10. Godzilla (1998) The giant Japanese lizard has become a Hollywood fixture in recent years, but it wasn’t always that…
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