Gameli Hamelo

El Anatsui may be known best for his metallic tapestries made from bottle caps, but he is also a musician. In his university days, he played trumpet, performing music by Benny…

The artifacts have come back after years of being held in the British Museum and similar institutions.

His pictures memorably captured his country's postcolonial period.

The Palais de Lomé has turned a colonial structure into a home for African art.

Ethiopian-born artist Julie Mehretu re-set her auction record, in a sign of growth for the African art market.

Peckham, the subject of a show at the South London Gallery, is home to one of the largest Nigerian communities in the UK.

He recently had his first major show at his Accra foundation dot.ateliers.

Adjaye and curator Allison Glenn talk about his latest career milestone, installed outside The Griot Museum of Black History.

"I'm also fascinated with how a line of text becomes the architecture of a drawing," she said.

Its founder, Marwan Zakhem, said he is committed to supporting and promoting artists from West Africa and its diaspora.