At first, they lived in small family groups, but gradually these groups developed into a kingdom. This brass figure is believed to be Prince Oranmiyan. Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ...

Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ever seen a horse before Oranmiyan arrived! In the 1100s the Ogisos lost control of their kingdom. The King of Ife sent his son Prince Oranmiyan to bring ...

which would initiate a series of royal creations for various festivals and cultural events in the Benin Kingdom. The bronze caster guild became the most popular. They only came to be simply because ...

In February 1897, British forces invaded the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria, as part of a punitive expedition aimed at subduing local resistance to British colonial ambitions.

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...