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From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built ...
The Black Panther film is responsible, certainly, but Dr Arthur Vido at the University of Abomey-Calavi, who has introduced a new course on the history of women in West Africa, ...
The items, which include 19th-century thrones, sacred altars and royal statues, were plundered by the French army amid the sacking of Abomey Palace in 1892 and have been held at the Musée du Quai ...
France’s return of the royal treasures of Abomey could be a major first step in negotiating the restitution of similar items — a process that has in many instances prompted sensitive and ...
A Royal seat, Benin, Cana (18th-19th century) is displayed during the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works from the royal treasury in Abomey" at the Quai Branly museum before a ceremony to mark the ...
France will give back to Benin artworks that were taken from the former French colony's Royal Palaces of Abomey, which has since become a UNESCO World Heritage site, French President Emmanuel ...
The wall of the tomb at the royal palaces complex at Abomey, which was built in the 19th century by King Ghezo of Dahomey. (Image credit: Philippe Charlier) Dahomey king.
Jean Bayol, a French naval officer who visited Abomey in December 1889, watched as a teenage recruit, a girl named Nanisca “who had not yet killed anyone,” was tested.
Abomey is small, lush and slow-paced, with more motorcycles than cars. The palace walls are of red-earth cob, their surfaces embedded with striking bas-reliefs that illustrate historic battles ...
Twenty-six works of art seized by French colonial soldiers in 1892 returned to Benin on Wednesday, a landmark in the long fight by African countries to recover looted artifacts.
As part of the national strategy to make Abomey one of the main tourism hubs by enhancing the heritage, the State Party informed the Centre that feasibility studies are underway for restoration works ...