The controversial debates over the founding of Lagos between the Yoruba and Benin, sparked by Oba Ewuare II's claim, have continued unabated A newspaper columnist, Lasisi Olagunju, examined historical ...

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French ...

Tourists crowded beneath the Door of No Return, an arch built by the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin in memory of those ...

The debate over the restitution of African cultural heritage has intensified in recent years, with renewed international ...

Text of a public lecture delivered by Professor Ryder in Benin City, Nigeria in 1995. Includes discussion of the Scheme for the Study of Benin History and Culture. siris_sil_505954 ...

Benin continues its annual celebrations of indigenous religions, known in French (the country's official language) as the ‘fête nationale du vodoun’ (‘National Vodun Festival’), but has decided to ...

Tourists crowded beneath the Door of No Return, an arch built by the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin in memory of those ...