What was meant to be a celebratory moment for Nigeria’s art scene has instead highlighted present tension and past trauma ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but a state-of-the-art museum to display them is still a long way ...

The protests that derailed the Museum of West African Art’s opening reveal that neocolonial donor money and weak local ...

Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics in the week it was supposed to - but failed - to open its doors to the public for ...

When the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) was first announced for Benin City, the numbers told a seductive story: a $25 ...

In recent weeks, Nigerian media have been saturated with news about disputes relating to the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA). From protests to land revocation, MOWAA has morphed from a museum with ...

Restitution is not about objects alone. It’s about restoring systems, rebuilding opportunities, and giving West African art the infrastructure it deserves. MOWAA exists to empower our contemporary ...

The pavilion will feature work by four contemporary Beninese artists. Beninese sculptor Romuald Hazoume with his work in the "Uncomfortable Truths - the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art and ...

It was a painting in the lobby of a Benin hotel last year that changed the way Afrobeats star Mr Eazi thought about art. “I saw this piece by (Benin-based artist) Patricorel of two skeletons sitting ...