I n the ancient town of Ouidah, located in southern Benin, the annual Voodoo Festival unfolds with a vibrant mix of dance, rituals, and spiritual fervour. Children dressed in vivid robes whirl to ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

Click here to listen to Dr. Pogoson on the political context of art "The art of Ife and Benin is so important because one gives birth to the other. The Ife art was the most ancient in the forest ...