the empire reached its largest size. Benin City is at least four miles wide. The city has wide, straight roads, lined by houses. The houses are large and handsome with walls made from clay.

The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin - in what is ... ambitious EMOWAA outside its walls. Some European museum curators ...

Mati Diop examines the fate of 26 treasures — sometimes from their point of view — looted from Benin in 1892.

The French Senegalese director passed on big-budget Hollywood projects before making her latest film—a fantastical ...

The director observes the repatriation of 26 royal treasures to Benin from France in a short yet artful feature.

Mati Diop speaks on her documentary “Dahomey,” which explores the concept of restitution through the story of 26 artifacts ...

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’oba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has received two artefacts from the Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, in the United States. These artefacts—a wooden ...

Throughout history, Britain has reckoned with its imperial roots. The country is facing mounting pressure by other nations and activists to repatriate objects they allege were stolen by the ...

He said the king’s relentless efforts and exploration of international networks to return priceless and timeless artefacts which carry the weight of the Benin Kingdom’s history, identity ...

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