Repatriation: why Western museums should return African artefacts: A mummy of the Ancient Egyptian Priestess "Tamut" (900 BC) on display at British Museum in London, in 2014. EPA/Facundo ArrizabalagaA large number of artefacts held in Western museums and libraries are known to have been appropriated over the ages through conquest and colonialism. The looting of … [Read more...] about Repatriation: why Western museums should return African artefacts | The Conversation
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The background story to a statue of Gandhi and the University of Ghana | The Conversation
The background story to a statue of Gandhi and the University of Ghana: Gandhi's statue, which sat in this quad at the University of Ghana, caused great controversy. TG23/ShutterstockIn December 2018, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was removed from the University of Ghana’s campus in response to protests from students and staff. They argued that the Indian activist had been a … [Read more...] about The background story to a statue of Gandhi and the University of Ghana | The Conversation
How African countries are doing in ballooning digital music revenues | The Conversation
How African countries are doing in ballooning digital music revenues: A billboard in Nairobi for Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile service provider, featuring veteran rapper and producer Jua Cali. Andrew J EisenbergLast year was a good one for the music recording industry. After years of decline 2018 marked the fourth consecutive year of growth in music industry revenues. … [Read more...] about How African countries are doing in ballooning digital music revenues | The Conversation
The who, why and what of South Africa’s minority Afrikaner party | The Conversation
The who, why and what of South Africa's minority Afrikaner party: Peter Marais, the Freedom Front Plus' candidate for Western Cape premier, left, and party leader, Pieter Groenewald. Brendan Magaar/African News Agency(ANA).One of the smaller parties to make ground in South Africa’s sixth democratic national and provincial elections is the Freedom Front Plus (FF+). As the … [Read more...] about The who, why and what of South Africa’s minority Afrikaner party | The Conversation
South African research output has risen, but caution must temper celebration | The Conversation
South African research output has risen, but caution must temper celebration: Publish or perish? ShutterstockEach year, Nature, a research output database, publishes its index of high-quality research outputs across a range of journals within the natural sciences. Topics range from climate change to human biology. The data on the index represent output by institution, by … [Read more...] about South African research output has risen, but caution must temper celebration | The Conversation
