Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ever seen a horse before Oranmiyan arrived! In the 1100s the Ogisos lost control of their kingdom. The King of Ife sent his son Prince Oranmiyan to bring ...

Ehrlich's The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire and Mati Diop's Dahomey both probe the tensions of transmitting memory ...

NYFF: "Making films is fighting against all the stereotypes that colonialism has created," Diop told IndieWire of her ...

The youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger River. He was "the greatest favourite with [his] mother." His family expected ...

An artist's impression of the planned new museum in Benin City The British Museum has announced plans to help "investigate the history of the Kingdom of Benin", with a grand archaeology mission ...

During colonial rule in Africa, thousands of cultural artefacts were plundered. African countries want them back and major museums across Europe have agreed to loan the famous Benin Bronzes back ...

She is a descendant of enslaved people brought to the US from the kingdom of Benin. “The [Supreme] Court’s decision is a setback, but it doesn’t diminish the importance of our cause ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has directed all traditional chiefs and leaders in Benin Kingdom to perform the traditional “Bisusu” ceremony to ward off evil ahead of the Edo governorship ...

This year’s Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) lineup includes 67 feature-length independent films, of which 64 are ...

Kingdom Come is one of the most beloved DC Comics stories ever published, but how did it come to be? That's the question being explored in a new documentary called The Legend of Kingdom Come.

"La Luna", directed by M Raihan Halim, has been picked to represent Singapore in the best international feature film category ...

The kingdom of Benin began in the 900s. Learn about the kingdom, how it was ruled and when it ended. What was life like in Benin? What was life like in Benin city? Find out what goods people ...