The Stanley Museum of Art is now the first U.S. institution to return works to the former Benin royal family. Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony. Photo by ...

The story of the British invasion of Nigeria cannot be told without the mention of the Oba of Benin Kingdom, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. This history has been narrated by playwrights like late Ola Rotimi ...

The museum has not yet provided an official statement. History of the punitive expedition In February 1897, during the reign of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, more than 1,000 British soldiers and local ...

1897 is a comic book that delves into the punitive British expedition that crushed the kingdom of Benin after its ruler Oba Ovonramwen defied the British empire Halefom is the creator of Agga ...

The museum tells the dramatic story of the Benin kingdom from the earliest monarchs around 1,000 years ago, through the reign of Oba (King) Ovonramwen, who was deposed by the British in 1897 ...

The destruction was an imperial response to Oba (king) Ovonramwen Nogbaisi’s refusal to submit to control by imperial legislation. The kingdom was first made to disappear in a great fire and ...

The world’s most famous collection of African art arrived in Britain after a spectacular act of colonial violence. In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African ...

The 1897 punitive expedition was launched weeks after the “massacre” of nine British officials amid a trade dispute with the oba, Ovonramwen. Historians now dispute the idea that the raid was ...

Peju Layiwola already wanted to become an artist as a childImage: Fadi Elias/In-Haus Media 2022 Peju Layiwola's great-great-grandfather, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, was the "Oba" — as the kings are tra ...

In 2014, I also thought I should invite other artists to take part in my intervention so we decided to do a project that celebrated the life of Oba Ovonramwen, that was the centenary year of his ...

In 1897, an unknown party, presumed to be led by Benin ruler Oba Ovonramwen, attacked a British trade mission on its way to Benin City, resulting in the deaths of seven British delegates and 230 ...