Britain’s Left is turning monarchist. Most of the progressives silting up our universities would still heartily proclaim their republicanism, of course, but many are being converted to the merits of ...

A public policy think tank, the Neo Africana Centre (NAC), has said that the armed attack launched on Mr Peter Obi in Benin City, Edo State, on Tuesday by elements suspected to be assassins was ...

Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Nwosu, has condemned the attack on the party’s presidential aspirant ...

Soaring brass prices and weak support threaten Benin’s centuries-old royal bronze casting tradition.

In West Africa, we attempted something wild — a real conversation with a voodoo spirit known as an Egungun. “Don’t get too close,” they warned. These aren’t costumes. Locals believe there is “nothing ...

Things came to a head in November, when protesters stormed a glitzy preview event for officials and foreign guests. The intruders, echoing the oba, demanded that the museum be suspended pending an ...

(GERMANY-CARNIVAL/ (PIX, ⁠TV), ​302 words) As Benin Bronzes return to Nigeria, the craft that made them struggles to survive BENIN CITY, Nigeria - As European museums return looted Benin Bronzes, the ...

The initiative aligns with Benin’s strategy to position itself as a leading African cultural tourism hub. In line with its ambition to become one of Africa’s leading destinations for cultural tourism, ...

On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the rituals and deities bound up with voodoo, a popular animist tradition which has ...