As the name suggests, it is a social anthropological museum dedicated to the study and preservation of objects from all over ...

ShareWith ‘Roots’ as its theme, Sogal Art Auction 2024 presents uncommon pieces, showcasing indigenous content skills of ...

African sculpture traditions hold a mirror to the continent's soul, echoing the heartbeat of its diverse communities and histories. From the ancient whispers of Nigeria 's Nok terracottas to the ...

From the Benin Bronzes, to sexual freedom and bilingual publishing, the themes behind this designer’s work seem limitless.

“If you want to make an art object like the Benin Bronzes, you need to have a metal that flows easily when melted, and the high lead content of these early manillas is responsible for that.” ...

Opening this week in Benin City, Nigeria, The Museum of West African Art was originally conceived as a repository for the repatriation of the contentious Benin Bronzes. With their fate still undecided ...

African traditional art holds an important position in African culture as art is not only viewed with aesthetic value but ...

Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig ...

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

What we are watching is 26 of 7,000 artefacts looted from what is today Benin by 19th-century French ... Among them, a hulking bronze statue is identified as Gezo, ruler of the former kingdom ...

Huge quantities were produced in the English city of Birmingham, and in some cases they were smelted down by artists in Benin to produce the Benin Bronzes ... by new sculptures known as The ...