This framing captures various objects like King Ghezo’s statue or inhabitants of Benin (the renamed version of the Republic of Dahomey). A global society deferring to colonizers has constantly ...

This is not a simple documentary about the repatriation of precious artefacts. Director Mati Diop literally gives her country's royal treasures a voice in this rich and eerie film.

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The capital of Benin (not to be confused with the modern state of Benin, formerly Dahomey) was south west of Ife. One of the few early written accounts of this centre of power and trade is given ...

Who owns arts and culture? This is a question that is given much consideration in the film, “Dahomey.” At just over an hour long, this is a poetic look at the ...

as they return home to a mixed reaction in Benin. Since “Dahomey” also brings up the issue of museums holding stolen cultural artifacts, the Saturday-night screening will include a public co ...

Celebrate ten years of the festival with ten days of free programming Kirby Ewald For ten years, the Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices Initiative has supported an event like no other: the Mother ...

Like the female warriors of Dahomey, now Benin, the band are "going on a war", singer Ruffino told the radio programme Afropop Worldwide in 2019. "It's a war to defend women's rights." With this ...

A scrappy UHF station with its finger on the pulse of a thriving music scene, the three films that swept all five of the top ...

The artefacts are airlifted back to Benin, where they're met with fervent celebration — and yet a murky undercurrent eddies just beneath the spectacle. Dahomey's second half mostly comprises an ...