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

Satellite imagery captures the scale and speed of this urban boom, providing a rare window into how the continent’s urban landscape is evolving and what life looks like on the ground in rapidly ...

Extracted from: Asian and African studies (Bratislava) 10, 2001, pages 185-198. Argues that Udo is a more ancient settlement than Benin City, and that the first Benin Kingdom dynasty, that of Ogiso, ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair. The ...

The Edo capital, Benin City, has been renowned for centuries as the heart of bronze and brass craftsmanship. Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a ...