This was left to my Mother by a doctor who worked for a time in West Africa at the end of the 19th century. We had always thought it might be a slave bangle but I sent a photo to the African ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

Located at the crossroads of two major regional corridors — the Abidjan-Lagos and the Cotonou-Niamey corridors — Benin’s geographic position makes it a key commercial and tourist hub in West Africa.

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Wednesday, directed the Enogie (Duke) of Iguogie Dukedom, Festus Osagiede Aiyeki, to oversee the affairs of the neighbouring Evbolekpen Dukedom in Ovia North East ...