While the West continues to grapple with its colonial past, institutions from Togo to Cairo are creating more expansive models to celebrate art

Mwazulu Diyabanza says that “museums do not deserve respect” as restitution debate intensifies

Though African institutions want looted artefacts to return home, they are more preoccupied with promoting living artists and treasures

In a year marked by closures, cancellations and postponements, African art fairs are going ahead with new models and the continent’s galleries are growing

Tributes pour in for “defender of African art”—who was also being investigated by Angolan authorities

Congolese activist Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza, fined €1,000 earlier this month, will go to court again later today

Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza and the other activists who removed the object from display at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac say their actions are a protest against colonial looting

Hundreds of pieces of African art are being stored in a publicly funded warehouse by the Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis with little explanation of their background

In the absence of the major fairs and auctions, Modern and contemporary African art is in the spotlight in London this week

Court erupts after attendee shouts that African funeral pole "belongs to us"

Defendant was charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress” during incident in January

Smaller fair and online collaboration with Christie's planned as UK government says trade fairs can resume from 1 October

Academics challenge the provenance of the Edo plaque as well as two Igbo alusi figures that sold under estimate for €212,500

Move is intended to stall the sales of stakes in multi-million-Euro companies based in Portugal

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

New exhibition seeks to “fill in the blanks that are still present in museums and art history books”

Dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo own around 3,000 works by artists including William Kentridge and Zanele Muholi

Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, is married to Sindika Dokolo who has been working for years on repatriating works to the African continent

Paid over four years, it will support efforts made by museums, grassroots-organisations and governments

Parisian fair dedicated to contemporary African art is gaining momentum in its fourth edition

In its fourth edition, Nigerian event exhibits artists from 24 countries but maintains a focus on West Africa and growing local collector base

New Tate curator calls the development "a bold decision" in a "burgeoning field"

The growing success of female African artists marks an exciting shift in the market

With over 22,000 works hung on its walls, the popular chicken chain is an unlikely champion for emerging South African artists

The gallery originally opened in the 1970s as a venue for the launch party of Hemingway's memoir

Four women top the auction market for African art as collectors look to 'fill gaps in the market'

Piece will be fixed onto nose of an Ariane 5 launcher that will be collecting data on climate change's impact on Africa

“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”

The museum says the gift will play an important role in the reconfiguration of its permanent collection

France’s president pledged to return 26 items seized in the 19th century by the French military