Those who boarded slave ships from the Bight of Benin, or the Slave Coast of Africa, lost more than their homes—they lost their identities. New maps of a former kingdom made by a University of ...

The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began ... Image caption, This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller.

Benin, once known as Igodomigodo, was the kingdom of rulers who regarded themselves as sky-kings, those whose divine rule is derived from the sky – Ogiso. At the eclipse of this dynasty ...

The Esogban of Benin Kingdom breaks white chalks in front of markets to signal the closure of markets for a period, but no open announcement. All male Bini sons are required to shave their heads ...

Because many of the sculptures had been originally plundered in a bloody British raid in 1897, the MFA subsequently sought a deal to transfer title to the Kingdom of Benin in exchange for a long ...

Oba Ewuare, also known as Oba Ewuare I or Ewuare the Great, ruled the ancient Benin Kingdom from 1440 to 1473. He became the Oba of Benin after violently overthrowing his brother Uwaifiokun.