Now, head south over France and into Africa ... And all this, it will be history. This 16th century brass statue shows a soldier. Europeans in Benin art were often shown holding a gun.

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Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde Bd. 43, 1997 "Do All Cultural Roads Lead to Benin?" T ...

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The country then underwent a transition to civilian democratic rule which effectively commenced when Benin ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights [African Charter] in 1986.

Nigeria said it plans to open the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City in 2026, designed by the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, to house the largest collection of Benin ...