Around the top of the mask are the carved heads of Portuguese merchants.These are symbols of the kingdom’s power and wealth through trade. Benin was famous for its craft workers. Specialists in ...

The film restores the agency of the objects at the heart of the Dahomey restitution case by transforming them into a living ...

The youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger ... He found work in the trade business in the West Indies, then in London.

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

Mati Diop's “Dahomey” centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.

Several trade routes for salt evolved during the late Roman Empire and throughout the Middle Ages, from the Via Salaria in Italy to the Old Salt Road in Germany. In 5th Century Ghana routes ...

The Silk Road is the most famous ancient trade route, linking the major ancient civilizations of China and the Roman Empire. Silk was traded from China to the Roman Empire beginning in the 1st ...

See if any of these flights in January suit you. What is the cheapest United Kingdom to Benin flight route? We've taken a look at the year ahead using our flights calendar. The cheapest flight route ...

The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin ... The ancient trade of Benin bronzes lives on So how did it come to this?

They built their capital city, Kumbi Saleh, right on the edge of the Sahara and the city quickly became the most dynamic and important southern terminus of the Saharan trade routes. Kumbi Saleh ...

The Obas relied on palace chiefs and officials to help them run their kingdom. A council of 60 men also gave the Obas advice on war, trade and finances. Benin was a diverse and varied kingdom.