African sculpture traditions hold a mirror to the continent's soul, echoing the heartbeat of its diverse communities and histories. From the ancient whispers of Nigeria 's Nok terracottas to the ...

The excavation revealed a wealth of unique jewelry in the female burials, including necklaces, bracelets, chains, rings, and ...

“Dahomey,” a formally inventive documentary, traces the journey across continents of 26 artworks looted from the West African ...

Mati Diop's award-winning documentary 'Dahomey' chronicles how the return of stolen African artifacts reflects a larger ...

In 2018, Senegalese philosopher and economist Felwine Sarr, along with French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, were ...

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to director Mati Diop about her new documentary, "Dahomey." The film follows the return of royal treasures plundered by French forces.

Artifacts technically do not talk ... the shipping and repatriation of 26 objects that France had looted from the kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) during the invasion of 1892.

Her first feature since 2019’s rather startling magical-neo-colonial melodrama, Atlantics, Diop’s doc leaves much unsaid for most of the film. We see little of Benin outside of the new museum’s ...

Egyptian authorities say archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor ...