Game 'Reloots' African Artefacts From Western Museums

'Relooted' tasks players with taking from Western museums cultural artefacts that were stolen from Africa during the colonial era (Credit: AFP)

Under the cover of darkness, Nomali jumped over a wall, burst into a museum and snatched a human skull from a pedestal before escaping through a window to the wail of an alarm.

The daring heist was not the work of a real-life criminal. Nomali is the protagonist of a new action-packed video game where players "reclaim" artefacts taken from African countries to be displayed in the West.