Artist community in Lagos couldn’t have wished for a more merrier and rewarding week than penultimate week, when the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos hosted a solo travelling exhibition by Dr. (Princess ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the arena ...

Each year on August 15, Benin celebrates the Yam Festival. The event marks the harvest period and draws thousands of Beninois and tourists to Savalou, the city of the Gbaguidi royal family. Savalou is ...

On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the rituals and deities bound up with voodoo, a popular animist tradition which has ...

Because we're bound to get lost if we choose to quest. For if the ancient throne of Oduduwa can be, disputedly, traced to the Bini (Benin) kingdom, then the origin of Oduduwa's origin can only be ...

Benin is emerging as one of Africa’s most compelling tourism destinations. From UNESCO-listed heritage and Vodun traditions to wildlife parks, creative culture, and human-centered travel, “Benin, a ...

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 ...

Digital Benin, the first digital platform to gather and offer in-depth information on artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin, is live. The initiative, launched by the Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und ...

One of the most explosive rising artists in Africa, controlling the tempo and rhythm of the future of Afrobeats on the globe stage, Paskal Pea, has described his performance at the Niger Delta Games ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...