Following the significant success of its inaugural edition in 2024, the Festival of Masks Scientific Symposium is set to ...

Porto-Novo's streets came alive with a vibrant West African masquerade during the weekend's inaugural Mask Festival, where colorful figures, including straw-clad characters and stilt dancers ...

Spectators poured into Benin's capital for a new festival celebrating traditional masks over the weekend as the West African country seeks to attract visitors and showcase its cultural heritage.

Benin’s significance in the slave trade cannot be overstated. The country was a major port of departure for enslaved Africans, with an estimated 1.5 million individuals forcibly taken from the ...