Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France | Arts and Culture News

Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France | Arts and Culture News

Ahmed Krim spent 30 years teaching English in Algeria’s middle schools. Now retired, the 60-year-old watched the language he loved remain firmly behind French as the country’s second language. English was less valued than French, which might have been the language of Algeria’s coloniser, but continues to be present in every dialogue, six decades after…

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The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria | Arts and Culture News

The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria | Arts and Culture News

The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria. The Netherlands has officially handed back 119 ancient sculptures stolen from the former Nigerian kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era. Olugbile Holloway, director-general of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, said on…

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