Today, Benin City is known for being the center of the ... That was down to the Oba of the Kingdom of Benin, who was a great patron of artisans.” It is a legacy that Aindrea Emelife, the British ...

Ewuare II is the great-grandson of the oba who restored the monarchy. I arrived in Benin City on the present-day oba’s 68th birthday, which also happened to be the fifth anniversary of his ...

THE real interest in the finding of the Benin bronze castings centres in the fact that a negro people seem at one time to have been able to produce bronze work showing great skill in manufacture ...