Benin News News Benin » Culture: Etching Benin culture for renaissance
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 ...
News Benin » Culture: When Food and Culture Are Celebrated Together: Benin’s Yam Festival
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 ...
News Benin » Culture: Culture, colonial history abound in Benin
Benin is an undiscovered paradise in West Africa, a country steeped in culture and colonial history. Sharing land borders with Nigeria, Togo, Niger and Burkina-Faso, it is one of West Africa’s most ...
News Benin » Culture: Benin: The hallowed culture of one of the world's most ancient people
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 ...
News Benin » Culture: 'Iyaloja-general' title not known to Benin culture, Oba Ewuare II tells Tinubu's daughter
The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has cautioned Mrs Folashade Ojo-Tinubu that the concept of ‘Iyaloja-general’ title is not known to Benin culture. The monarch stated this on Tuesday when Ojo-Tinubu ...
News Benin » Culture: Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
OUIDAH, Benin — 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 are ...
News Benin » Culture: Benin chief asks court to restrain private museum from handling returned artefact
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 ...
News Benin » Culture: Why Benin Is One of Africa’s Most Meaningful Travel Destinations?
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 ...
News Benin » Culture: Dan Hicks on the Benin Bronzes and Ultraviolence of World Culture Museums
"The Brutish Museums" considers the histories of cruelty that western museums perpetuate when they do not endeavor to return looted colonial artifacts. Fastidiously chronicling and contextualizing the ...