Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival - Benin's Ouidah has celebrated its ...

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly ...

The Kingdom of Benin was located in what is now known as southern Nigeria. The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and ...

Photography, they say, is the art of finding beauty and grace in the ordinary. With light and a camera, it becomes a canvas ...

Sir David Adjaye about his "living building" the National Museum of African American History and Culture ... that the Benin Bronzes should come home. But it is also true that Nigeria's cities ...

may have spread knowledge of Benin's culture to the world, but it left a wound in the consciousness of many Nigerians - a wound that's still felt keenly today, as Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian poet ...

While today's Benin Bronze casters appreciate repatriation efforts, they say Nigeria's government is not investing enough in them. They fear if this continues, there won't be any more Benin Bronze ...