The Vodun religion, also spelled “Vodou,” originated in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana.

As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the arena are beckoned upon by ...

David Wright Faladé bases a novel on his own investigation of his tangled parentage in postwar France.

Born on February 11, 1952, in Benin City, Nigeria, to the great Eruvbi-Igiehon Family of Benin Kingdom, Igiehon received a full scholarship to study architecture at the prestigious New York Institute ...

The British Museum is facing an "omni-crisis" as it launches a £150,000 rebrand project following a series of controversies ...

The Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Edo State has called for support and partnership to sustain its contribution of manpower to societal change through its Department of Anthropology and ...

“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a ...

An art director is a key creative figure in the filmmaking process responsible for overseeing the visual aesthetics of a film ...

Mzili is a renowned painter, printmaker and an indigenous expressionist who makes reference to his intuition, childhood ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has reaffirmed China's dedication to deepening its partnership with Nigeria, as ...