The photo credit for the image is Kanaga Africa Tours. The image depicts participants in the annual Fête du Vodoun (Vodoun Festival) in Ouidah, Benin.
Voodoo, or Vodun as it is…
The images show various Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, which are artifacts from a 9th-century civilization in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
The Igbo-Ukwu discoveries are renowned for their sophisticated 9th-century bronze artifacts, which…
The image is a portrait of Béhanzin, the eleventh and last king of Dahomey (present-day Benin), who reigned from 1889 to 1894. The caption identifies the subject as "BEHANZIN.”
King Béhanzin,…
Photo Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Approximate greatest territorial extent of Dahomey (c. 19th century).
The modern West African nation now known as the Republic of Benin has undergone a profound transformation,…
The image is an engraving depicting a parade of the Dodds column on the public square of Abomey in November 1892.
The stretch of coastline along the Bight of Benin, encompassing…
