Fuel, known locally as 'Kpayo' and stored in glass jars, is sold at the side of the road on January 6, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin. Imported from Nigeria,...
Africa. Benin Plaques, 16th-17th centuries. Relief plaque made of brass cast using the 'cire perdue' technique. They decorated the pillars of...
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. After the elder have chosen the place where they...
Benin, West Africa, Savalou, beninese tourists visiting the royal palace sponsored by muammar gaddafi
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men.. Before the circumcision, the initiates that are...
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. The initiate lays down in the circumcision place,...
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. During the circumcision ceremony in Yaka there is...
Form of 'Egungun' spirit performs a dance ahead of a Voodoo ceremony on January 8, 2012 in Ouidah, Benin. Speaking quickly in squeaky voices they...
The regional King of Allada blesses people and asks for the protection of God during a Voodoo ceremony on January 9, 2012 in Ouidah, Benin. Ouidah is...
Egungun spirits perform during a Voodoo ceremony on January 11, 2012 in Ouidah, Benin. The Egungun are masqueraded dancers that represents the...
Detail of the contentious Benin plaques exhibit at the British Museum in London. The museum, one of London's top tourist attractions, is rarely far...
Detail of the contentious Benin plaques exhibit at the British Museum in London. The museum, one of London's top tourist attractions, is rarely far...
Visitors sit before the contentious Benin plaques exhibit at the British Museum in London. The museum, one of London's top tourist attractions, is...
Sculptures looted by British soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 hangs on display in the "Where Is Africa" exhibition at the Linden Museum on...
The Massacre of an British expedition in Benin, 1897. In 1896 a small armed British force under the command of Lieutenant James Phillips was sent to...
December 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: A bronze sculpture stands in a display case before the signing of the contract for the return of...
Sculptures looted by British soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 hangs on display in the "Where Is Africa" exhibition at the Linden Museum on...
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. Before the circumcision, the initiates that are...
For the Yom tribe, the circumcision ceremony is a very important rite of passage from boys to men. The initiate lays down in the circumcision place,...
Idia, the mother of Oba Esigie, was granted the right to establish her own palace and ancestral altars as a reward for using her mystic powers to...
