African Roads, the current exhibition at the Musee Quai Branly in Paris (till November 17th) has some wonderful things to see. It traces numerous routes through the African continent; trade routes with evidence of fabrics, perfumes, spices, jewellery, porcelain, funerary objects, early manuscripts, plants and medicines; colonial routes with their slaves, missionaries and distant royalty; and finishing up with contemporary connections; the influence on modern artists like Giacometti and Picasso. Finally the exhibition bears witness to the traffic of refugees today.