Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list
UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status. The United Nations cultural
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Arts and Culture
The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria. The Netherlands has officially
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In Italy, a choir of immigrants and locals tells the story of Venice
Prince, also known by his recording name Dellyswagz, heard about the choir through a friend who was a member when
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o was not just a writer, he was a militant
Ngugi wa Thiong’o loved to dance. He loved it more than anything else – even more than writing. Well into
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Photos: Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy amid desert threats
Oualata forms part of a quartet of fortified towns, or ksour, granted World Heritage status for their historical significance as
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‘She’s the queen’: Sri Lanka bids farewell to film legend Malini Fonseka
Colombo, Sri Lanka — As a girl, when Srimathi Mallika Kaluarachchi would go to the cinema with her family, and
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Photos: Bull racing draws crowds in rural areas of cricket-loving Pakistan
Bulls are yoked together by thick wooden frames in a sun-scorched field in rural Pakistan. Behind them, clutching nothing more
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Iranian film, It was Just an Accident, wins Palme D’Or at Cannes festival
The film is inspired by dissident director Jafar Panahi’s own experience in jail. An Iranian thriller film that explores corruption
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Thailand readies homecoming for stolen ancient statues located in US museum
Bangkok, Thailand – Over several years in the mid-1960s, the crumbling ruins of an ancient temple in northeast Thailand were
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Resistance and extractivism: Inside Carrara, Italy’s home of white marble
Carrara’s connection to anarchism began nearly 150 years ago, when anarchist ideals found fertile ground among the downtrodden workers in
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