Benin
Facts and historical events related to Benin, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- Today, we'll revisit how, in 1861, the city of Porto Novo, in today's Benin 🇧🇯, was invaded by the Britis…
- An attempted coup in Benin was thwarted by loyalist forces and order was restored within hours. (2025)
- By the way, in year 2022, the currency of these our African countries are still being printed by France: 🇧…
- This is what happened to the last King of Dahomey (today's Benin Republic), the well revered King Benhazin,…
- Cambridge University has returned one of the stolen artifacts, The Cockrel, donated to her in 1905 after th…
- BREAKING: The Church of England has pledged to return two prominent Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria.
- Some of the 4000 artifacts carted away by murderous British soldiers who ransacked Benin Kingdom in 1897 co…
- Africans didn't give up their land to the colonialists without a fight. Check out these 19th century UK new…
- The University of Aberdeen has unanimously decided to return the priceless bronze head of the Oba of Benin…
- Africa's greatest Kings & Queens: Manin (Ghana) Menelik II (Abyssania) Ali (Songhai) Askia (Mali) Musa (Mal…
- Dahomey, one of the last kingdoms to be conquered by the Europeans was heavily dreaded and had a no-nonsens…
- 1876, Dahomey remained impenetrable, unconquered and dreaded by the English, given the repeatedly failed at…
- Original pictures of the Benin Kingdom loot on the day the British troops invaded the capital city in 1897.…
- The world famous bronzes of Benin Kingdom, carted away by the British in 1897 after pillaging the capital c…
- The British rage over the King of Dahomey (today's Republic of Benin) in 1876 for defying them. They term t…
- Latest FIFA Rankings—Top 20 African countries Senegal🇸🇳20th Tunisia🇹🇳29 Nigeria🇳🇬33 Algeria🇩🇿40th M…
- This was how the British and French colonial governments agreed to invent the western boundary between Nige…
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- A case study of travel restrictions within Africa. Republic of Benin and Seychelles...
- Yesterday was International Happiness Day, hence the UN released the 2019 World Happiness Report. The 10 mo…
- #BREAKING France has agreed to return 26 African artworks carted away from Benin Republic. This is followin…
- Namibia, Mauritius, Ghana, Rwanda, Benin and Kenya either grant a visa on arrival or allow up to 90 days vi…
- On this day in 1861, Britain annexed Lagos, formally commencing Nigeria's colonial era. Well, Americans did…
- Here's the first black person elected into public office in Russia - where racial discrimination can be ope…
- Given that only 16% of Africa’s trade takes place between African countries, 44 nations on 21 March signed…
- Attention has been focused recently on the Dahomey Amazons thanks to the all-female Dora Milaje group in th…
- Currently at @Penn Museum, this 17th/18th century Benin art depicts a King's court official in Benin Kingdo…
- Béhanzin is the last King of the Dahomey (now Benin 🇧🇯). He led resistance against French colonization in…
- "voodoo" is a Fon (Benin Rep.) word (vodu, vodun,) - fetish, witchcraft; to bewitch. Entered English throug…
- This month Benin, Niger, BurkinaFaso, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, C.A.R, Congo & Gabon will celebrate their indepe…
- Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led a successful slave rebellion of the world's first independent black nation,…
- Africa's worst literacy rates are all in West Africa: 48. Benin 34.70 49. Guinea 29.50 50. Niger 28.70 51.…
- 'Afrique Sur Seine', shot by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra - from Benin Republic - in 1955 is the first film direc…
- On ancient Benin Kingdom (Nigeria), a Portuguese slave trader Joao A. Aveiro was astounded by what he descr…
- Rwanda, Burundi, CAR, Benin and Togo citizens are the least satisfied with their lives - 2013 World Happine…
- The all-female Mino of Dahomey, also known as Amazons/Black Sparta fought & won many wars, even against Fre…
- This monument, along the "Road of the Slaves" in Benin, commemorates Africans sold as slaves during the Sla…
- A Nigerian teenager survived a flight from Benin to Lagos (Nigeria) hiding in the wheel compartment of an a…
- Porto-Novo, the capital city of Benin Republic, is known as the ‘City with three names’. The city is also k…
- Even after the arrival of the Portuguese in the 15th century, the Benin Kingdom (Nigeria) was independent f…