India has the potential to play a role in global heritage diplomacy. This is not just about excavating abroad to cater to ...

Nevertheless, various innovative interventions are being devised to bridge the technology-cultural chasm. MOWAA, the Museum of West African Art, which will be opened in Benin City, Nigeria in May 2025 ...

The national museum was opened more than 50 years ago to house objects rescued from an area flooded by the construction of Egypt’s Aswan dam.

During a joint mission to Timbuktu, Mali, with representatives from the Malian government, the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims, along with its partners, has delivered a ...

Charles Read, then the museum’s keeper of British antiquities, described the ewer (in the language of the time) as “among the paraphernalia of a negro king”.

Increasingly fearful residents of Timbuktu are enduring acute shortages amid a weeks-long blockade of the historic Malian city by Islamist jihadis.

In Sudan's capital, precious books in a major library have been burned and the national museum has been cut off for weeks by fighting. In Darfur, another museum is at risk from seasonal rains ...

Others, including Mosul, Aleppo, and Timbuktu were home to irreplaceable ancient buildings and artifacts that have been burned, looted, or destroyed. Click here to see 26 cities destroyed by war ...

From Timbuktu, with love Over 800,000 select manuscripts from this historic city are travelling to raise awarness on Africa’s written heritage ...

Born in Timbuktu in Mali just before the country's independence from France, Alphadi sees fashion as a vehicle for unity and prosperity. We use third-party platforms (including Soundcloud, Spotify and ...