"Every square meter in Benin City has an artist," Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

The forthcoming Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, is sitting atop a treasure trove of cultural heritage. Valuable archaeological remains from the former Kingdom of Benin ...

An archaeologist shows a group of visitors around excavations at the heart of Benin City in Nigeria, in an area that was once part of the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom. When visitors arrive at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The red rammed-earth walls of the new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) in Benin City, southern Nigeria, echo ...

The government said it had thwarted the mutiny hours after a group of soldiers declared a takeover on national television.

As the countdown begins to the public opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, excitement and questions continue to grow. Many have wondered if the ambitious cultural project ...

Benin City, the cultural heartbeat of Nigeria, is set to come alive this December as it hosts the much anticipated Edo Carnival 2025. From December 21st to 24th, the historic city will transform into ...

Nigeria — Africa's most populous nation, with almost 240 million residents — is experiencing urban growth that few countries ...

This is an important story of a lost old-fashioned city you've probably never heard about. Benin City, originally known as Edo. It was once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire located in the ...

The Benin bronzes are universally recognized as a towering achievement in the history of art. Artists of the once-mighty Kingdom of Benin, in present day Edo State, Nigeria, honed sophisticated ...