Like some West African music, the Benin ... way as tapestries in a European context - and they allowed the visitor to admire both the achievements of the ruler and the wealth of the kingdom.

West Africa has been home ... Niger around 500BC. The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began in the 900s and ...

During its reign, the kingdom of Oyo—which was in present-day southwestern Nigeria, parts of Benin and Togo—captured and enslaved an estimated 128,000 people from West Africa. Using geographic ...

In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over ...