Benin News News Benin » Culture: Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
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 ...
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: Benin showcases culture with Vodun Days
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 ...
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: 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: University of Benin Hosts 6th Biennial International Conference on Franco-Nigerian Literature, Language and Culture
International scholars gathered at the University of Benin's 6th Biennial Conference, featuring GARI-sponsored awards ...
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: Okpebholo vows to defend Benin heritage
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restated his administration’s commitment to preserving the sanctity of Benin culture and tradition, vowing that no action under his watch will ...
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 ...