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A BBC Antiques Roadshow guest was given a nasty shock after their item was valued at hundreds of thousands less than what they were hoping for.

A recent Antiques Roadshow guest had their hopes dashed after discovering their item was worth just £150, and not the £250,000 they had expected. Antiques expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan took a look at the figure, from the Kota tribe in Gabon, when the show stopped in Nottingham's Wollaton Hall.The owner revealed that they had purchased the item for just £1.50, 10 years ago at an Antiques Roadshow event in Cambridge.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated immigration epic “Io Capitano” is gaining traction in movie theaters across the African continent, and will soon be touring villages in Senegal with the director in tow as part of an itinerant cinema initiative called Cinemovel. Shot over 13 weeks in Senegal, Italy and Morocco with a cast of non-professional actors, the Italian auteur’s latest feature — the title for which translates to “Me Captain” — narrates the Homeric journey of two young African men, Seydou and Moussa, who decide to leave the Senegalese capital of Dakar to go to Europe.

The U.S. has removed Uganda from the list of nations eligible to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) because of their enactment of the “Anti-Homosexuality Act.”

Naman Ramachandran Africa-based filmmaker development organization Realness Institute has unveiled its next wave of initiatives as part of MIP Africa and FAME (Film, Arts, Media and Entertainment) Week. As part of the event, which is now in its second year in Cape Town, South Africa, alumni of six Realness Institute programs will pitch their films and television series to the market in The Film Pitch and The Episodic Pitch forums. Alongside this, the current cohort of the Institute’s Southern Africa Locarno Industry Academy (SALIA) have programmed and co-organized the FAME Week Africa Short Film Festival.

A guest on Antiques Roadshow was left dumbfounded when he was told the true value of a charity shop find.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are back in the United States after a trip to the West African nation of Gabon. The Amazon CEO and the philanthropist landed in Los Angeles aboard their private jet. The lovebirds looked very casual, with Lauren rocking a white top paired with camo leggings and Jeff wearing a brown shirt and cream pants, completing with a baseball cap and sunglasses.In September, Sanchez shared a video about the importance of restoring the climate crisis.

An Antiques Roadshow guest was handed the devastating blow that a statue, previously thought to be worth around £250,000 was actually only worth £150. During the episode on Sunday, Fiona Bruce presented the show from Wollaton Hall in Nottingham.

This is the moment a guest on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow was left heartbroken after being told a statue - thought to be worth £250,000 - was actually only worth just £150.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix and Sky are co-producing for the first time on natural history series “Predators,” a six-parter that will follow six predators across changing landscapes. The series will premiere on Sky Nature in the U.K., Germany and Italy in winter 2022.

Netflix and Sky are combining on a TV series for the first time, co-producing a blue-chip natural history landmark entitled Predators.

Samuel L. Jackson is hosting a new six-episode series that delves back into what is arguably the most shameful period in American history.

Samuel L. Jackson, is an ambitious, new six-part docuseries exploring 400 years of human trafficking between Africa and the New World and providing a never-before-seen-look at the transatlantic slave trade.

Will Thorne Staff WriterSamuel L. Jackson’s latest project, a docuseries which is looking to shed new light on 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, has set its premiere date.Titled “Enslaved,” the six-part Epix series will premiere Sept.

straight to your inboxArsenal manager Mikel Arteta thanked Pep Guardiola after his side won the FA Cup at Wembley. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea and win the FA Cup for a record 14th time on Saturday.

Gabon on Tuesday decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to legalize them.

As the upper house of Parliament in Gabon votes to decriminalise homosexuality, Catholic leaders in the country have warned that the move will endanger children with “deviant behaviour.”

2 min read Gabon has become one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to decriminalize homosexuality … well, almost. On Wednesday the Gabonese National Assembly (lower house of parliament) voted down a law that prohibited the sexual relations of couples of the same sex, which had been adopted only last July.

Manchester United as speculation continues over his future at Arsenal.The Gabon striker’s contract at the Emirates Stadium runs out next summer.

Lawmakers in the Central African nation of Gabon have voted to reverse one-year-old legislation that outlaws homosexuality; a first step in repealing the discriminatory law.

Former Arsenal star Charlie Nicholas has revealed he would sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Manchester United this summer - but only on one condition.

Paul Merson has slammed Manchester United by suggesting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would only be joining them in pursuit of more money rather than to ever win trophies.