The Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Edo State, has condemned the misuse and abuse of the Kingdom’s revered customs and ...

The Benin Tradition Council has banned the wearing of chieftaincy traditional costumes specifically meant for the Oba of ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has authorized the chiefs, priests and priestesses of various deities in Benin Kingdom to lay curses on those who will henceforth abuse the royal paraphernalia during ...

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners ...

the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art repatriated two Benin Bronzes at the Benin Palace in Nigeria. They became the first U.S. institution to do so. Mati Diop's documentary film Dahomey, which ...

BEFORE 2009, they were dreaded warlords in the creeks of the Niger Delta whose activities created fear, especially among the ...

president of the Union of Associations and Organisations Endogenous Religions of Benin (UAOREB) told AFP. Dancing outside the palace of King Kpodegbe Lanmanfan Toyi Djigla during three days of ...

This is a Benin bronze. It was cast by one of the Oba’s metalworkers to decorate the pillars of his palace. What can you see in this bronze? What might it represent? The Obas lived in a large ...