In Benin, a 'kataklè' - a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey - has been returned by Finland, 133 years after being looted by French troops and later transferred to ...

A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the ...

COTONOU, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A conference dedicated to Chinese tea culture was held on Thursday at the Chinese Cultural Center ...

(250516) -- COTONOU, May 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A student from the Confucius Institute demonstrates Chinese tea art at the Chinese Cultural Center in Cotonou, Benin, May 15, 2025. TO GO WITH "Conference ...

M ati Diop’s “fantasy-documentary” Dahomey helps us sift through cultural exploitation by Hollywood, Broadway, and other centers of political instruction. Theodor Adorno, of the Marxist Frankfurt ...

In 2018, France announced it would return 26 works looted from Benin, fulfilling the promise in November 2021 at the request ...

COTONOU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Finnish Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie officially handed over the Katakle -- a ceremonial royal stool from the Kingdom of Dahomey -- to Beninese ...

Finland has repatriated a ceremonial stool looted by French forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey over a century ago, marking a ...

Finland has returned a ceremonial stool that was looted from what is now Benin by French forces more than a century ago, a ...