Draws on a range of individual objects and archival photos to explore questions of royalty and power, divine kingship, cosmology, and use of art in the African
In the late 15th century, the Kingdom of Benin (located in present-day southwestern Nigeria) established a mercantile relationship with Portugal, significantly
In this visually stunning work, anthropologist Michèle Coquet presents the power and the brilliance of African court arts. Grounding her analysis in the social