In an excerpt from his new book, Barnaby Phillips visits contemporary casters who are still making bronzes using ancient techniques. Craftsman finishing polishing the last details of a bronze ...

Stolen during the colonial era, dozens of Benin bronzes once decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. – Copyright POOL/AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA Nigeria’s ...

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 ...

Following claims by Eze-Darah 16th of Ihiala Community in Anambra State, Sir Tobias Odimegwu Nwadialor, that his forefather was the founder and progenitor of the present Ihiala, the Traditional Prime ...

Extracted from: Asian and African studies (Bratislava) 10, 2001, pages 185-198. Argues that Udo is a more ancient settlement than Benin City, and that the first Benin Kingdom dynasty, that of Ogiso, ...

Last Friday, the ancient city of Benin was rapped around by red apparels-wearing chiefs, priests, witch doctors and sorcerers on the auspices of the Benin monarch, Omo Nova N’ Edo Ukuakpolokpolo, Oba ...