Benin Kingdom, located in what is now southern Nigeria, was one of the most highly developed states in Africa when it fell in 1897 following the destruction of its capital, Benin City, by the British. Britain’s punitive expedition did not only lead to the deaths of gallant chiefs but it also took away various works...

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