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Returned looted artifacts: Court urged to restrain Benin museum’s promoters

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary Culture and Arts (MOWAA) and their agents from establishing, opening or ...
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Dispute over returned looted artifacts: Court urged to restrain Benin museum’s promoters

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary ...
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Benin City’s Bronze Artists Cling To Centuries-Old Techniques

The Edo capital, Benin City, has been renowned for centuries as the heart of bronze and brass craftsmanship. Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a ...

World's Most Amazing Floating Villages You Should Visit At Least Once

UNESCO World Heritage Site Halong Bay contains several floating villages where families have lived for generations, surrounded by dramatic limestone cliffs and emerald waters. Villages like Cua Van ...

Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft

New research details Aboriginal craftsmanship – along with accompanying wall art – at a remote site in the Cape York ...
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Reps probe funding of Museum of West African Arts, Benin

The House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled plans to investigate the establishment, funding and implementation of the Framework of Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) in Benin City, Edo State.The ...
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Boston museum returns two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the ...

How is Nigeria's new arts museum tied to the Benin Bronzes?

Benin City's new Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) faces an indefinite postponement due to a dispute with the Oba of Benin.