The people of West Africa were skilled potters and metalworkers. Some of them worked with brass and some with gold. Potters in the kingdom of Nok made sculptures from a type of clay called terracotta.

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 ...

France has agreed to return dozens of works of art to Benin more than century after they were plundered from the West African nation. President Emmanuel Macron said 26 artefacts would be ...