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Empire: Ancient Benin, West Africa’s Lost Metropolis
Statue of His Royal Imperial Majesty, the late Oba Akenzua II of Benin Kingdom in full regalia (Image Wikicommons) The Benin Empire: The West African ... Read More
Kingdoms and Monuments: The Great Walls of Benin (Nigeria)
The walls of Benin stood 18 meters tall and ran more than 15000km around the city (Imagined by AI) The Great Walls of Benin: ... Read More
Queens and Mothers: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
Before Idia, queen mothers were beheaded upon the ascension of their sons to the throne (Imagined by AI Queen Mother Idia was the mother of ... Read More
Queens and Mothers: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)
Minos, were elite warriors who were also married to the king (Imagined by AI) Africa's "Greek" Mythology The kingdom of Dahomey, now called Republique du ... Read More
STOPPED Auction of Stolen 16th Century Benin Mask in London
Benin Ivory Pendant Mask. Nigeria, Kingdom of Benin, Edo peoples, 16th century, Ivory (Image: Wikimedia) The Queen Mother Idia Mask has been stolen for many ... Read More
Custodians of Looted Heritage? The Foreign Museums Holding African Artefacts
Photo of the Benin bronzes display at the British museum (Wikimedia) For more than a century, some of the finest achievements of African art and ... Read More
Africa’s People: Ethnic Groups That Shape The Continent (West Africa)
Established in 1498, the historic Kofar Mata Dye Pits in Kano are apart of Hausa cultural heritage (Image: Gemini for FN) The Heartland of Empire ... Read More
Ancient Nok Civilization: Africa’s Iron Age Pioneers
Nok Terracota Head in Nok Village, Kaduna State, Nigeria (Image: Wikimedia) Discover the Nok civilization — ancient Nigeria's iron-smelting pioneers and master sculptors whose terracotta ... Read More
Africa’s Mirror: The Complicity We Overlook
Africa betrays itself again and again. It is time to stop pointing the finger and take accountability (Imagined for FN) The reckoning Europe owes Africa ... Read More
Fractal Cities: How Ancient African Kingdoms Built with Sacred Geometry
Artistic impression of ancient Benin City, showing the Oba's palace at the centre, radial avenues, and concentric earthworks. (Imagined by AI) Africa's ancient builders were ... Read More