The Museum of West African Art, based in Benin City, Nigeria, announced Thursday that it will officially open its campus to ...

I n a historic moment for Africa’s cultural and artistic heritage, the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) opened its doors in November in Benin City, Nigeria. An ambitious project that has been ...

The independent museum project—formally known as the Edo Museum of West African Art—debuted to instant enthusiasm in 2020, heightened by the building design drawn by the British Ghanaian ...

Africa's ancient rock art: ... Tara is also an official partner of Unesco's World Heritage Centre, and there are now 11 Unesco heritage rock-art sites in Africa – four in west and north Africa, ...

ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu became independent.

ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu became independent.

For one griot, the unearthing of this ancient West African capital offers vindication Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now ...

ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu became independent.

ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu became independent.