Among its most intriguing customs is the practice of the Oba (king) and his wives covering their mouths with white ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artifact before gently ...

A set of ancient Benin Bronzes is on its way back to Nigeria after over a century in a Dutch museum. On Monday, May 19, 2025, ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' - a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey - has been returned by ...

Finland has returned a ceremonial stool, the kataklè, to Benin, more than 130 years after it was looted by French troops and ...

M ati Diop’s “fantasy-documentary” Dahomey helps us sift through cultural exploitation by Hollywood, Broadway, and other centers of political instruction. Theodor Adorno, of the Marxist Frankfurt ...

In 2018, France announced it would return 26 works looted from Benin, fulfilling the promise in November 2021 at the request ...

Finland has repatriated a ceremonial stool looted by French forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey over a century ago, marking a ...

In 2006, after decades of resistance, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York agreed to return ... looks like should ultimately be up to the Benin Kingdom, which still exists today as a ...