Benin's Tourism and Culture Minister Ange N'Koue presents the Special Contribution Award to Wei Jun, cultural counselor at the Chinese embassy in Benin and head of the Benin China Cultural Center, Jan ...

The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And... The first time that Star Feminine Band – a group of ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo N’ikuoyemwen, who died 49 years ago. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ekasa, a ...

Cotonou, Benin — Benin's sixth National Festival of Traditional Rhythms and Dance (FENRYDA) opens 7 April in Cotonou, the festival's initiator, Franck Megnassan, has announced. Marked since 1996, the ...

A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at Five Junction in Benin. Oba Ewuare II Oba Ewuare II, the ...

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) - On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and ...

Cotonou, Benin — Some 10 traditional ballet and dance groups are participating in Benin's third National Festival of Traditional Rhythms and Dance which started Saturday and ends on 15 April at the ...

COTONOU - With drums, dancing and tears, Benin on Wednesday welcomed back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago. The ...

The first time that Star Feminine Band – a group of 7 girl musicians from the ages of 12 to 19 – played a show in their West African nation of Benin, many in the crowd broke out in both applause and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Benin's President Patrice Talon (R) take part in the signing of an agreement about the return of looted cultural artefacts to the African country, at the ...