Born on February 11, 1952, in Benin City, Nigeria, to the great Eruvbi-Igiehon Family of Benin Kingdom, Igiehon received a full scholarship to study architecture at the prestigious New York Institute ...

The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes ...

The nonprofit World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 World Monuments Watch list. Read on for the full list. Teaser ...

An elephant will never beget a rat. The Alaafin of Oyo’s ancestry is traced to Oduduwa, the famed progenitor of the Yoruba ...

By Prince Justice Faloye ASHE Foundation think-tank congratulates Alaafin-elect Owoade and states that his reign will be ...

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Lesetja Kganyago told Reuters in an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that growth in Africa’s most industrialised ...

Something had to change, and in 1868 the Meiji Restoration replaced the decaying shogunate with the Empire of Japan – a constitutional ... critical period in the development of Islamic art and ...

This innovative documenntary looks at the transfer of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey from France to Benin, ...

Priests and Priestesses of various deities in Benin Kingdom to place a CURSE on those that would henceforth engage in this abominable, sacrilegious and denigrating act of our very revered ...

The kingdom of Benin began in the 900s. Learn about the kingdom, how it was ruled and when it ended. What was life like in Benin? What was life like in Benin city? Find out what goods people ...

By Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU (Reuters) – Voters in Benin went to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after ...