Extracted from: Asian and African studies (Bratislava) 10, 2001, pages 185-198. Argues that Udo is a more ancient settlement than Benin City, and that the first Benin Kingdom dynasty, that of Ogiso, ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair. The ...

Research shows that it was four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and the material consumption for the construction of the Benin wall was far greater than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Today, ...

Sitting in his office in the Lagos space of Angels and Muse, the nonprofit art organization he founded in 2018, the Nigerian-American artist sounded like a proud son of the state where he was born.

When British soldiers stole the treasured works in 1897, it left a gaping hole in an ancient culture. With a few set to return to Nigeria, can their meaning be restored, too? By Ruth Maclean and Alex ...