Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

When a Benin City boy like Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Rema rises to global stardom, selling out international shows and recording the first song led by an African-artist to surpass a billion ...

What happened in Benin City, as well as in Europe’s museums and markets afterward, was not a byproduct of empire, Hicks astutely writes. It was instead empire’s aim.

In Benin City, there has been a huge jump in awareness about the looted objects in the last decade, and artists, historians and activists have intensified their calls for restitution.

Lagos has long been Nigeria’s creative pulse, an electrifying, sprawling city home to some of the most exciting and well-regarded fashion, music and artistic talents of recent years. But an hour’s ...

BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Two Benin bronzes were returned on Saturday to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British troops, ...

When a Benin City boy like Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Rema rises to global stardom, what does he do? He returns home for a victory lap.