Sadiq Khan said The Wake is "a stark reminder of the pain and suffering caused by transatlantic slavery and the role the UK and London played" A 23ft (7m) tall bronze cowrie shell has been chosen ...

Another telling artifact is cowrie shells, Gary said. The seashells were known to be used as adornment by people of African ...

The collection of hundreds of different seashells that my father amassed ... commonly known as gold ring cowrie, is a gift of love or luck. The Monetaria moneta also used to be very common in ...

A huge sculpture of a gleaming cowrie shell has been announced as the winner of a competition to commission a new Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery. The artist behind the work is Khaleb ...

Steve Speller Supported by By Laura Bannister Few symbols of death enchant like seashells, the calcified exoskeletons of mollusks, washed ashore after their tenants’ demise. Often lustrous and ...

You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information, please click here. If we were 'she', we would not sell seashells on the seashore, but in fact turn them into fun-fuelled summer jewellery ...

Around 300 people have marched in support of an at-risk children’s centre. Staff from Seashells, parents, children, grandparents and community leaders all took to Sheerness seafront in support ...

Simultaneously it represents the cowrie as a site of commerce ... with poems of recognition and lined with small golden sea shells. Inside, the walls are covered with lists of names of people ...