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 institution aims to both reclaim and elevate the legacy of West African art, while providing a collaborative platform for scholars, writes Emily Allen.

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 ...