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Regina Kammer<p>Digital Benin brings together all objects, historical photographs and rich documentation material from collections worldwide to provide a long-requested overview of the royal artefacts from Benin Kingdom looted in the late nineteenth century.<br><a href="https://digitalbenin.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">digitalbenin.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Benin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BeninBronzes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeninBronzes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AfricanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KingdomOfBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingdomOfBenin</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Oshun (pronounced O-shan, also given as Osun) is a supernatural entity recognized as both a spirit and a goddess in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Oshun/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Oshun/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingdomofBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingdomofBenin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orisha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orisha</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Kingdom of Benin, located in the southern forests of West Africa (modern Nigeria) and formed by the Edo people, flourished from the 13th to 19th century CE. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Benin/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Be</span><span class="invisible">nin/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingdomofBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingdomofBenin</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Oshun (pronounced O-shan, also given as Osun) is a supernatural entity recognized as both a spirit and a goddess in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Oshun/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Oshun/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingdomofBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingdomofBenin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orisha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orisha</span></a></p>
Nia Molinari<p>Dude. I said OYA, not OSHUN. 😂 </p><p>World History Encyclopedia<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@whencyclopedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whencyclopedia</span></a></span> Oshun (pronounced O-shan, also given as Osun) is a supernatural entity recognized as both a spirit and a goddess in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. </p><p><a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Oshun/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Oshun/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Ife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ife</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KingdomofBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingdomofBenin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orisha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orisha</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@whencyclopedia/110051922040268201" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@whencyclopedia/1</span><span class="invisible">10051922040268201</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Oshun (pronounced O-shan, also given as Osun) is a supernatural entity recognized as both a spirit and a goddess in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Oshun/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Oshun/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingdomofBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingdomofBenin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orisha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orisha</span></a></p>
Christopher Coenen 🎶💃✊🏻🕺🎨<p>Anonymous: Yoruba mask for King Obalufon II (circa 1300 CE)</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KingdomOfBenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingdomOfBenin</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Yoruba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yoruba</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a></p>
Jim RichardsonSome Benin Bronzes returned to Nigeria
Jim RichardsonColonialism, art theft: Benin Bronzes