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 ...

What do you do after you’ve made the first Afrobeats song to top U.S. radio, the first to earn more than a billion streams on Spotify as a track led by an African artist, and the first to cinch the ...

And among the Bini people, Olokun who is perceived to be Osanubua's oldest son is the most venerated deity. Because we're bound to get lost if we choose to quest. For if the ancient throne of Oduduwa ...

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary Culture and Arts (MOWAA) and their agents from establishing, opening or ...

Benin’s new Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has delayed its opening following protests at a preview event. Demonstrators linked to the Oba’s palace opposed the museum’s authority over Benin’s ...

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary Culture and Arts (MOWAA) and their agents from establishing, opening, or ...

On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the rituals and deities bound up with voodoo, a popular animist tradition which has ...

Each year on August 15, Benin celebrates the Yam Festival. The event marks the harvest period and draws thousands of Beninois and tourists to Savalou, the city of the Gbaguidi royal family. Savalou is ...

The City of Zurich responded to a restitution claim filed by Nigeria.