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5 stories
01
People · Edo
Emotan, the market woman Benin still salutes
Emotan and her shrine at Oba Market →
02
Lost history · Edo
Old Benin City, the walls longer than the Great Wall
The planned city and earthworks of old Benin →
03
Lost history · Edo
Benin 1897, the invasion that paid for itself at auction
How the Benin Bronzes were sold in London to cover the cost of the war →
04
Legend · Edo
Igun Street, where only seven families may cast Benin bronze
The hereditary guild of Benin bronze casters on Igun Street →
05
People · Edo
The queen mother behind the FESTAC mask
Queen Idia and the pendant Britain would not lend →