81. Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Benin | Introduction benin benin has the hottest attractions in all of West africa thestilted fishing villages in the lagoon near Porto Novo. The http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/benin/

home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks Benin Benin has the hottest attractions in all of West Africa - the stilted fishing villages in the lagoon near Porto Novo. The towns however - and even Cotonou, the biggest - may seem unremarkable to the short-term visitor. It's the kind of place that hides its best features. You need to be patient and observant to glimpse many of the cultural highlights of Benin. Food lovers needn't worry, though. Beninese food is possibly the best in the region, and is widely available. Voodooism and fetishism are still widely practiced and many of the associated artefacts attract and repel visitors in equal numbers. Benin might be small and obscure, but when it does something, it does it in a big way. The people in the area established the biggest slave trade in West Africa, were members of the most powerful kingdom, have had the third-highest number of coups in Africa (and that means a lot!) and was the only country in West Africa to wholeheartedly adopt Marxism. While Benin shares many of the problems of its neighbours such as bad roads and infrastructure, poor water and health conditions and institutionalised corruption, it is comparatively violence-free, is richer and economically stronger than most of its neighbours and has the best beaches and landscapes. Full country name: Republic of Benin Area: 110,620 sq km (43,140 sq mi)

82. MapZones.com : Benin Formerly part of French West africa, benin gained full independencein 1960 as the Republic of Dahomey; it was renamed benin in 1975. http://atlas.freegk.com/world/africa/benin/benin.php

Country Info Benin Introduction Benin General Data Benin Maps Benin Culture ... Benin Time and Date Benin Introduction Back to Top Benin, officially Republic of Benin, republic in western Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea. Known in full as the Republic of Benin, it is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) and Niger, on the east by Nigeria, on the west by Togo, and on the south by the Gulf of Guinea. Formerly part of French West Africa, Benin gained full independence in 1960 as the Republic of Dahomey; it was renamed Benin in 1975. Benin has an area of 112,622 sq km (43,484 sq mi) and extends inland to the River Niger about 670 km (415 mi) from its 121 km (75 mi) gulf coast. The official capital of Benin is Porto-Novo; Cotonou is the political capital and largest town. Official Name- Republic of Benin Capital City -Porto-Novo Population- 6,419,000 Languages- French (official), and tribal languages Official Currency -CFA Franc Religions- Traditional beliefs, Muslim, Christian Land Area -110,620 sq km (42,710 sq miles)

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84. UNESCO Collection Of Traditional Music Of The World: Benin UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World. benin BARIBA ANDSOMBA MUSIC. Music is a reflection of society. The Bariba live http://www.unesco.org/culture/cdmusic/html_eng/benin.shtml

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86. Benin, Country, Africa mi (112,622 sq km), W africa, bordering on Togo in the west, on Burkina Faso andNiger in the north, on Nigeria in the east, and on the Bight of benin (an arm http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/CE005473

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87. Centre For Creative Arts - Time Of The Writer / Le Temps Des Ecrivains 2003 Arts (University of Natal) in association with the French Institute of South africa. andwidereaching school visits designed to stimulate a culture of reading http://www.und.ac.za/und/carts/tow2003.html

Centre for Creative Arts, University of Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa Telephone: Facsimile: CCA Links Page TIME OF THE WRITER: The Arts Council of Switzerland Foundation for the Production and Translation ... International Centre for Literacy and Culture Centre for Creative Arts Time of the Writer 2003 10 - 15 March 2003 The Centre for Creative Arts, University of Natal, in association with the French Institute of South Africa present 6th TIME OF THE WRITER Le Temps Des Ecrivains International Festival of Writers 10-15 March 200 “Visions" back to Time of the Writer Main Page Previous Participants SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE 6th Time of the Writer Participants E vening Hosts Full programme ... rt Exhibit 6th TIME OF THE WRITER Le Temps Des Ecrivains International Festival of Writers 10-15 March 200 “Visions"

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Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tomé and Principé Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe SOCIETE: CULTURE Email This Page Print This Page Fraternité Matin (Abidjan) February 3, 2003 Posted to the web February 3, 2003 Hadj 2003 : les premiers départs, enfin! Abidjan Cent soixante dix-sept personnes ont finalement quitté l'aéroport Félix Houphouet Boigny, vendredi en début d'après-midi, pour le pèlerinage à La Mecque après quatre à cinq nuits passées à la belle étoile à attendre un avion. Elles constituent le premier contingent de pèlerins à partir après plusieurs rendez-vous manqués. Deux avions des compagnies Euralair et Transair Benin étaient attendus depuis plusieurs jours. C'est finalement, un avion 737-800 de la seconde compagnie qui est arrivé, jeudi. Et tentait au prix de mille et un efforts d'obtenir, des autorités de l'aviation civile, des autorisations de survol des territoires du Ghana, du Nigeria et du Tchad. Manifestement, c'est hier seulement, en fin de compte, que ces formalités ont pu être accomplies, au grand soulagement des voyageurs dont les enregistrements avaient été déjà faits et qui ne faisaient plus qu'attendre, attendre

89. Bithplace Of Art In Black Africa In 1993, though, Nigeria africa's most populous country Queen of Sheba; Sukur CultureArea declared benin Earthworks receiving serious attention from UNESCO http://apollo5.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/africanlegacy/egun_water_storage.htm

African Legacy - School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University 'BIRTHPLACE OF ART IN BLACK AFRICA' Project: Conserving Africa's Culture Aims: to encourage genuine conservation efforts within Nigeria to discourage the looting of antiquities from Nigeria to Europe, USA etc to identify and create a tentative list of potential world heritage sites for Nigeria to undertake preparatory work to obtain Nigeria's first UNESCO world heritage sites Left: 3,000 year old Nok terracotta dug illegally, looted and exported without legal permit: Swiss owner Mr B. Other pictures from left to right: Sungbo's Eredo moat, Old Oyo wall (Kosso), Old Owu moat. Background: The 2,000-3,000 year old Nok, Kwatakwashi (Sokoto) and Katsina terracotta figurines are found almost entirely within Nigeria; and their art traditions spread over much of the African continent during the Bantu expansion over the last 2,000 years. Massive looting on a scale far in excess of the sales and expropriation during colonial times has been carried on with the active collaboration of senior personnel in Nigeria. A key objection to this process is that these excavations were not carried out by trained archaeologists, so almost all data on the archaeological provenance and is lost. We know almost nothing of the full in situ cultural context of what has been described as the 'Birthplace of African Art'. Also, a lack of open discussion about past problems undermines Nigeria's museum credibility at a time when Nigeria is pressing for the return of its antiquities - thereby changing 'restitution' into perceived 're-circulation'.

90. Artsmia: The Collection early 1950s, with the 18thcentury bronze leopard and carved ivory tusk from theBenin culture of Nigeria. Since then, masterpieces from early africa, such as http://www.artsmia.org/collection/aoa/index.cfm

The Institute's collection of art from the broad geographical regions of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas has increased greatly since its first ancient American ceramics were acquired in the early 1920s. Oceanic art represents the widely spread cultural groups of the Pacific Islands and Australia. The museum has three important sculptures from New Ireland and a good selection of works from New Guinea. Highlighted Work Staff Luba 20th century wood, iron The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Browse Selected Works from the Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Collection Electronic Postcards Send a postcard from our Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Collection Search the Museum's Collection Over 2,000 works from our collection are available online. Try searching for an artist, title, or country.

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93. Heritage Access | Benin:Culture/Heritage As with many of the regions in africa, the songs and dances of the people of Beninvary with the tribe they originates from and their geographic location http://www.heritageaccess.com/benin_culture.html

Dahomey formally gained independence from France in 1960, and is currently regarded as the cradle of the Vodun (Voodoo or Vodoun) religion adhered to by people of African descent in the Diaspora, especially in certain countries in the Caribbean, West Indies, and Latin America. As with many of the regions in Africa, the songs and dances of the people of Benin vary with the tribe they originates from and their geographic location within the country. Despite these variances, the unifying theme is the simultaneous use of dance and music to commemorate joyous occasions such as festivals, childbirth, rites of passage, dance exhibitions and leisurely activity, or sorrowful occasions such as the mourning of the dead. During the erstwhile Dahomey and Bariba Kingdoms the imperial focus on art, especially in Abomey, "The Royal City" and capital of the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey, has led to Benin's international recognition as a haven for artists and craftsmen. These include weavers, jewelers, woodcarvers and iron and brass workers. The arts and crafts of this region are influenced by the nomadic peoples of the Bariba who originated from the region that is currently known as the Sudan, and by Fulani and Hausa herdsmen. The region of Baname is known for woodcarving, Ketou, in Porto-Novo is home to the Yoruba arts and unique pottery can be purchased in Tourou in the north. Porto-Novo, "The City with three Names", the other two being Hogbounou in the Goun language, and Adjatche in Yoruba language is situated right in the middle of Yoruba land. The city is home to a wide selection of Museums namely the Honme Museum, the Alexandre Senou Adande Ethnographic Museum and the Urbain Karim da Silva Museum. Also within the Oueme Region is Ketou, the capital of the Kingdom of Ketou, has the architectural treasures of the Royal Palace and the Magical Door. The Adjegounle Market, famous for its local arts and crafts, is located in the suburbs of Port-Novo.

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