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The two artefacts are being restituted as part of the museum's closure of its Benin gallery, which had been donated by the ...

Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis unveiled a new mural honoring the Houston Area Women's Center on the outside wall of ...

A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...

Wealthy banking scion who rescinded gift of MFA’s African bronzes is a collector — and maker — of art Robert Owen Lehman, whose forebear cofounded finance giant Lehman Bros., collected music ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — The festival gained popularity over the years from within and outside Africa, organizers say, and attracts thousands of locals and foreigners who flock to the Atlantic coast ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they ...

The live production, entitled: “Igue – the Annual Thanksgiving Festival of Benin Kingdom”, written by Omorodion S. Uwaifo, will be staged on Agip Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, on Sunday ...

The African country of Benin was an important kingdom that thrived from the 1200s through the 1800s. Benin was located in the southwestern part of modern-day Nigeria, with Benin City as its capital.

LEFT: A brass relief plaque, dating to the mid 16th century, of the kind that covered the walls of the Oba's palace in historic Benin, now in Nigeria's Edo state. and RIGHT: A wooden commemorative ...