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10 WE WANT OUR ARTEFACTS BACK!

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10 We want our looted treasures back!

14 Ife in all its glory

18 Safeguarding Africa’s heritage

22 Dazzling treasures of Africa

LETTER FROM LAGOS

FEATURES

28 Nigeria: Goodluck to upset the applecart?

26 Will Babangida stage a comeback?

An exhibition of African art currently at the British Museum has resurrected the vexing “problem” of the return of African art treasures that were looted or trafficked by the Europeans during the colonial era and which are now held in Western museums and private collections.Memberof TheAuditBureau of Circulations.

30 Zimbabwe: What’s the meaning of independence

32 A bad man in Africa

36 Kenya: A new constitution?

38 Cameroon: ready for double Golden Jubilee

REFLECTIONS 60

Beware of the Sugar Daddies!

SPECIAL FEATURES 62 Senegal: Statue of controversy 66 ACBF: Africa’s quiet helper 70 World Economic Forum:

Rethinking Africa’s growth strategy 72 Ethiopia: Was aid diverted to rebels? 76 Uganda: Who burned the Buganda tombs?

THE INTERVIEW 80 A good woman in Europe

NEW AFRICAN MARKET 84 African airlines angry over EU ban

NEEM TREE 86 Walking into world history

TRAVEL 92 Sierra Leone: Island-hopping

AFRICAN FOOTBALL 45

Editor’s note 46

Au revoir, Adebayor 47 Star interview: Kenya’s McDonald Mariga 52 South Africa: Sun, sand and samba 54

Blunt but fair 56

Algeria’s Rabah Saadane

THE ARTS 96 Putting Africa on the British stage

BACK TO THE FUTURE 98

Losing faith