News Benin Culture: NAFEST 2019 Set to Light up Benin in October
Great expectations swirl around this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (called NAFEST), which holds in Benin from October 19 to 26. Countries like Senegal, Mali, France, Ghana and many more ...
News Benin Culture: Benin gets €20m loan for new museum to show restituted heritage
France is still working with Benin on the restitution, the French minister of culture Franck Riester said recently, and there still is no set date for parliament to discuss and approve the iniative. ...
News Benin Culture: NAFEST 2019: We need more good people like Runsewe in Nigeria – Oba of Benin
His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has extolled the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe. Otunba Segun ...
News Benin Culture: France to Fast-Track Return of Artifacts from Benin
Returning African artifacts taken by explorers and colonizers remains a hot-button issue in Europe-Africa relations — one that gained traction last November when French President Emmanuel Macron announced the return of 26 historic artifacts to Benin. On Thursday, French Culture Minister Franck Riester said Paris will go ahead with the restitution without waiting for a new law to enshrine it. He said France will consider similar demands from other countries. Europe is believed to house about 90 percent of Africa's cultural heritage.
News Benin Culture: Obaseki counts gains of NAFEST as Runsewe, executives of culture conclude meeting in Benin
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the annual National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) has lived up to the noble objectives for which it was created, including deepening unity ...
News Benin Culture: The Untold Tale between Oba Esigie and Iyoba Idia of Benin
Over time in history, women have been in either at the forefront or at the back of the scene of most major historical events. They are like the painter with the oil and brush behind every masterpiece, we don’t see them at work so they are less appreciated or respected for feats they have achieved. […]
News Benin Culture: Better Safe Than Sorry: American Museums Take Measures Mindful of Repatriation of African Art
“Are they bringing it back to the culture or the country?” Ezeluomba illustrated his point with the example of his birthplace: Benin City, a remnant of the once-powerful Benin Kingdom that is now part ...
News Benin Culture: 'Bini Playing Cards' pay homage to Benin culture [This Is Culture, TMC]
!['Bini Playing Cards' pay homage to Benin culture [This Is Culture, TMC]](/img/noticias/201906/bini-playing-cards-pay-homage-to-benin-c.jpg "'Bini Playing Cards' pay homage to Benin culture [This Is Culture, TMC]")
In this week’s culture segment on the Morning Call you will discover the ancient Nigerian culture…through a rather special way since it is a Game of Cards. A card game created by this young man, ...
News Benin Culture: Edo Govt. Reiterate Commitment To Protect Benin Culture
Edo Govt. Reiterate Commitment To Protect Benin Culture Edo Government on Tuesday in Benin reiterated its commitment toward protecting Benin heritage and culture at all times. Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip
News Benin Culture: IN OBEDIENCE TO CULTURE AND TRADITION
The Benin monarch’s decision was in direct response to the widespread ... and the attempt being made by some elements to desecrate Benin customary norms and culture. The youths posited that to avoid ...
News Benin Culture: Day Oba of Benin granted blessings to cleanse kingdom
Many Enigie and Edionwere have been suspended while other dethroned for committing acts inimical to Benin culture and tradition. Only recently, some individuals and groups tried to subvert the Benin ...
News Benin Culture: FG to build agro allied cargo terminal in Benin Airport
“We have been exporting before out of Benin, especially the culture, they have been stealing the artifacts but with this, we will be producing things and be exporting out of Benin. “From now ...
News Benin Culture: Oba of Benin, Erediauwa Ewuare, plans big for fourth year coronation
Eheneden Erediauwa Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has opted to celebrate his 4th coronation anniversary during this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture. The annual festival, which would be simultaneously celebrated with the monarch’s fourth celebration anniversary on the throne, is scheduled to hold on October 26 in Benin, the Edo State capital. […]
News Benin Culture: Oba Of Benin to celebrate ascension anniversary with NAFEST
The Oba of Benin who is not known for wild and extravagant submissions on either institutions or persons in Nigeria, however, commended the Director General, National Council for Arts Culture ...
News Benin Culture: Oba of Benin Throws Weight behind National Festival of Arts and Culture
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has disclosed plans to celebrate his fourth anniversary on the throne of the ancient Benin Kingdom during the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) slated for ...
News Benin Culture: Does Culture Play a Role in Human Trafficking in West Africa?
Benin, a low-income country, has always been a transit route for west African migrants looking to make their way to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and finally to Europe, writes Issa Sikiti da Silva ...
