Sr. Ivan?ica Fulir, a missionary in Benin, explains the importance of telling the stories of Catholic missionaries serving all over the world. "So many good deeds remain hidden. If more people knew ...

Age-old storytelling traditions are being revived in the West African nation to teach children and teens timeless African ...

Benin was a large and varied kingdom. Some people lived in villages and small towns, but most people lived and worked in Benin City. The most important person in the kingdom was the king, known as ...

Benin (MNN) -- unfoldingWord helps partners in six locations undertake ‘Whole Bible, Whole Nation’ translation projects.

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Wednesday, directed the Enogie (Duke) of Iguogie Dukedom, Festus Osagiede Aiyeki, to oversee the affairs of the neighbouring Evbolekpen Dukedom in Ovia North East Local ...

Benin City,  Edo State, stood still for Governor Monday Okpebholo, yesterday, as he arrived the state from Abuja after the ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers, ivory ...

The Benin Traditional Council has indefinitely suspended the Enogie of Utesi in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Chief Osazuwa Napoleon, for alleged acts of defiance against the ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...

The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo and neighbouring Benin is home to the Batammariba, whose remarkable mud tower-houses are known as takienta (sikien in the plural). Nature is strongly ...