The Kingdom of Benin is powerful, but Benin culture has not been given proper recognition by Western scholars. The story of how the Kingdom of Benin began as a culture and nation starts with its origin story:
A motionless ma… 展开

The royal arts of the Benin Kingdom of southern region Nigeria affirm the centrality of the Oba, or divine king, portraying his divine nature. While recording the kingdom's significant historical events and the Oba's involv… 展开

A newly installed Oba is responsible for creating an altar dedicated to his father, commissioning the appropriate objects to adorn it and activating it on a regular basis with sacrifices of food or animal blood. The Oba does the sa… 展开