COTONOU, Benin — In a modest yet vibrant martial arts club in Akpro-Misserete, a town some 40 kilometers northeast of Benin's ...

Three U.S. museums transferred ownership of more than two dozen works of art known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Tuesday, part of an effort to return pieces they say were stolen over a century ago.

Benin, he says, is one of the “very few countries in Africa that put arts and culture at the heart of policy”.

The Benin bronzes were a direct consequence of ... there has been a tragic underinvestment in arts and culture, with young artists, artisans, curators, archaeologists and art historians being ...

In the heart of Benin's capital, a monk, ordained at China's legendary Shaolin Temple, has turned a tranquil courtyard into a martial arts hub. Degbo Agossou Damien leads daily sessions in Kung Fu ...

The Benin Bronzes have become a symbol of debates about restitution and colonial capture of native art (Robert Michael/dpa/picture alliance ) For years, researchers have puzzled over the origins ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

A London museum has agreed to return its collection of Benin Bronzes to what is now Nigeria after the priceless West African artifacts were stolen more than a century ago. The Horniman Museum ...

Benin’s minister of culture, tourism and the arts, when we meet in his capacious office in Cotonou. He is smartly attired in a brown print ensemble and a gobi — a soft cap, flipped on one side ...

They’re real. Those are ones that are still in Benin. The Benin culture is known for sculpting and bronze arts. They have streets dedicated to bronze arts. It’s been for some time, since the ...