The first time that Star Feminine Band – a group of 7 girl musicians from the ages of 12 to 19 – played a show in their West African nation of Benin, many in the crowd broke out in both applause and ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo N’ikuoyemwen, who died 49 years ago. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ekasa, a ...

A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at Five Junction in Benin. Oba Ewuare II Oba Ewuare II, the ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has frowned at a dance by a groom, Izoduwa Imasuen, at his traditional wedding ceremony in which the groom and his men danced and twirled the traditional Eben (Royal ...

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) - On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and ...

THE installation rites of the Oba of Benin continued yesterday with the Ogbelaka and Eguadase groups commencing a special spiritual dance, called Ekassa, on their way to the Usama Palace where the ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has expressed angst at a dance by a groom, Izoduwa Imasuen, at his traditional marriage in which he and his men danced and twirled the traditional royal scepter, the ...

The Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom and Edaiken N’Uselu, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, yesterday performed some dance steps that dazzled his subjects. Music was provided by the Isiemwenro Guild, also ...

The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And... The first time that Star Feminine Band – a group of ...