The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) continues building its physical campus. Soon, its mission of preserving, highlighting, and fostering art on the continent will be grounded in Benin City ...

This fall, barring any last-minute delays, Nigeria will open the glitzy Museum of West African Art, a sprawling 15-acre complex with a world-class historical museum, a contemporary art gallery ...

Its art and religion influenced the culture of ... This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly came to an end. Then new African kingdoms grew up to take ...

West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year Laura Kiniry This year, the Institution collected everything from the stunning shell of an extinct cephalopod to a ...

Phillip Ihenacho, the director of the Edo Museum of West African Art in Nigeria, calls for a new focus, based on realities on the ground rather than romantic notions of the West ...

Cole Harrell has been dealing Sub-Saharan African art for more than a decade ... The d'mba have been known in the West since the 17th century, with items from their tradition historically ...

Members of the Spirit of Angela West African Dance and Drum group perform for a crowd at the end of a Kwanzaa celebration on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, at the St. Louis Art Museum in St. Louis.