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High Court of Justice, Benin City: Justice with a Traditional Face

By Kathy Curnow
This building and its annexes house the Edo State High Court, as well as the offices of the state judiciary. Several parts of the facade bear relief work by Ben Osawe (1931-2007). His three-story…

Benin Museum: Art Display, Archaeological Site, Palace Grounds

By Kathy Curnow
Benin City's National Museum was, in 1944, the second museum to be established in the country, under the auspices of Oba Akenzua II. He first hosted a collection of antiquities in the palace, some of…

Home of Chief Isekhure: The Remodeling of a Traditional Chief's Home and its Destruction

By Kathy Curnow
The Oba's chief priest, educated in Canada, remodeled his traditional home in 1995. Stripped of his title in January, 2017 for offenses against the new monarch, Oba Ewuare II, parts of his house were…

Oba's Palace, Benin City, Nigeria: Site of the Benin Kingdom's Monarchy for Centuries

By Kathy Curnow
The present dynasty built its palace on an earlier dynasty's cemetery, incorporating the ancestors who owned the land.

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