COTONOU, Benin — In a modest yet vibrant martial arts club in Akpro-Misserete, a town some 40 kilometers northeast of Benin's ...

Among its most intriguing customs is the practice of the Oba (king) and his wives covering their mouths with white ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before ...

Use code KNOWLEDGE in the link below to get 60% off of Incogni: <a href=" ▶ Support me on Patreon & get exclusive / ahead of time content! <a href=" ▶ In this video I talk about some artifacts that ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artifact before gently ...

A Dutch museum is returning 113 priceless Benin Bronzes, looted from Nigeria 120 years ago, amidst growing pressure on ...

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called for unity, solidarity and collaboration ...

Although UNESCO has declared that “no culture is a hermetically sealed ... Some countries have made efforts to return looted Benin artifacts, but these returns have often been partial and ...

WISE: So these are cultural artifacts that were actually looted by the British 130 years ago during what was a punitive raid on the Benin kingdom. So these are things like statues, statuettes ...

The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands ... In 2023, two Dutch museums returned hundreds of cultural artifacts back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka taken, often by force, during the colonial ...

The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times. View on euronews ...

Why should communities that were dispossessed of their cultural legacy ... In 2021, the Republic of Benin successfully got France to return 26 artifacts to the Dahomey state.