Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: After a decades-long repatriation campaign, Nigeria has received 119 Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands. It is one of the ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week's opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them ...

The Museum of West African Art is poised to give Nigeria an institution of global significance, although its most hyped attractions won’t be there. Credit...Video by Stephen Tayo For The New York ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. From above, Benin City in southern Nigeria tells a striking story as forests and farmland give way to sprawling ...

The Ministry of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy on Monday received two Benin bronzes — a bronze relief plaque and a commemorative head — from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marking a significant ...

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking a key step in the country’s ongoing cultural restitution efforts. The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston has returned ...

Partial survey of Benin and Ishan earthworks reveals much about the history and expansion of farmlands in these southern Nigerian forests in the Late Iron Age. The survey draws upon oral tradition and ...

Zurich’s Museum Rietberg has transferred ownership of eleven objects from the Kingdom of Benin held by Museum Rietberg to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Museum Rietberg won’t be sending them all ...

Nigeria's history is deeply intertwined with its ancient kingdoms. These ancient kingdoms, many of which still exist today, played crucial roles in shaping the country’s cultural, political, and ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week's opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them ...