The institutions agreed to collaborate in areas including restitution, digitisation of collections and exhibitions

Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library

Bët-bi, planned for 2025, will be designed by architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara

German architect has designed the €2m building which takes elements from the Bauhaus couple’s work

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

Senate approves bill to return 27 colonial-era artefacts from museum collections to Africa within one year

The gesture is intended as a symbol of France’s commitment to repatriating African heritage

Statements come just days after the release of a controversial French report on the restitution of African artefacts