The MOWAA opening is delayed thanks to protesters crashing a preview event of the highly anticipated Museum of West African ...

Pre-construction archaeological work at Benin City, Nigeria. Excavation of two building plots for the Museum of West African Art, Benin City, Nigeria, provides new perspectives on the Kingdom of Benin ...

The Museum of West African Art is poised to give Nigeria an institution of global significance, although its most hyped ...

The opening of the multi-million-dollar Museum of West African Arts has been delayed due to protests. Uncertainty surrounds the fate of the highly anticipated Museum of West African Arts in Benin City ...

Nigeria’s stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) finds itself in the crosshairs of local power politics.

Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted the soft launch of a new, state-backed museum in the country's south ahead of its ...

The MOWAA, conceived in the midst of discussions about the repatriation of Benin Bronzes, launches with an exhibition of ...

The contested Museum of West African Arts in Benin City has postponed its preview week after protesters stormed a museum ...

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 ...

Nigeria’s famed Benin bronzes — artefacts stolen during British colonial rule and scattered across the globe — have a new online archive. Stolen during the colonial era, dozens of Benin bronzes once ...