The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead. By Colin Moynihan and Tom ...

has been advised to prevent further escalation of the raging crisis in Benin Kingdom caused by the suspension of the Enogie of Ehor and others. The eminent monarch was further charged to lift the ...

Emokpae made this appeal during a service at his church, where he shared the historical context of the Benin kingdom’s internal strife, tracing the roots of the current division to the sons of a ...

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on 28 April, but most of the works it had been created to display will not be repatriated to their place of origin.

Because many of the sculptures had been originally plundered in a bloody British raid in 1897, the MFA subsequently sought a deal to transfer title to the Kingdom of Benin in exchange for a long ...

Fifty manillas bought a woman; 57 bought a male. The Benin Kingdom stole our ancestors and sold them to European slave traders for more than 300 years, producing as many as 8,000 of these brass ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Thursday condemned an attack by suspected jihadists which killed 54 troops in northern Benin as a “barbaric and cowardly act”.

He enthused, “We must keep the kingdom united before the return of the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ.” The call for peace and forgiveness in the Benin monarchy has resonated ...

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