The Igue Festival, also known as the King 39;s Festival, has its roots in the Benin Kingdom of Edo State, Nigeria. It 39;s a ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

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 ...