As the vibrant rhythms of traditional drums fill the air, Oscar Ue-bi's eyes gleam behind his intricately carved Zaouli mask.

Novo, blends sacred rituals and vivid performances to spotlight Vodun traditions and promotes the capital as a cultural hub.

Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

Thousands of spectators gathered in Benin on Sunday for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a vibrant cultural event ...

Minister Odumegwu-Ojukwu has visited Nigerian pastor Benjamin Egbaji, jailed in Benin Republic, reaffirming the government’s citizen diplomacy commitment.

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...

Residents of Kwara and Niger rejoice as feared terror leader Mahmuda, who tormented border communities, is reportedly ...

Video. Thousands gathered in the Beninese capital for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a traditional event that celebrates ...

The small west African nation of Benin last year enacted a law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people to acknowledge the country’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. The ...

A sculpture from the mid-16th to 17th century depicting warriors that is among the Benin Bronzes held by the Smithsonian. The museum said that it would return a majority of its collection of the ...