A circuitous path led Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei and Jeffrey Adjei to found their Lagos-based firm Studio Contra, which has executed increasingly prominent projects, culminating in the Institute of Contemporary African Art and Film in the Nigerian city of Ilorin.
During his last days in office, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria announced that he was transferring ownership of the precious artifacts to Ewuare II, the current oba ceremonial king of Benin, which has caused much confusion regarding the status of the bronzes and the proposed museum
With contributions from an array of leading historians, this is a vital work that corrects the tendency to define Africa’s past by European colonisation
Force Majeure, an exhibition in the Central Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, brings together 16 studios that represent Africa and the diaspora.