Nigeria's Benin Kingdom

Associate Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University, Dr. Kathy Curnow speaks on "Courtly Intrigues: Jostling for Chiefly Power in the Art and Life of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom" at a Penn Museum Lecture in May 2008.

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Education

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• nigeria
• africa
• benin
• kingdom
• chiefs
• power
• art
• culture
• anthropology
• archaeology
• penn
• museum
• coral

[LUVJJ1]

Yes it is educative ,but don't you think it is time they returned our artifacts?

[STOPLYINGPUNK]

british aka romans

[BigPreme]

Why do these Europeans call our political figures "chiefs". Do you call the European Lord, Duke, or Earl as a "chief"? There names would translated properly would not equal chief. Language and wording is very important. People can use it to belittle others or make them seem "less than"

[Darkzkin]

I am disgusted that white people are privileged to study Africa and Afrians people as "objects" while they are the "subjects" its very fucking condenscending.....besides that great video!

[oozisoundzmusic]

@cutless442225 The Egyptians and their sophistication are always documented. The reason I believe they aren't mentioned is because we already know a great deal of their 5000 year history, but less of the rest of the African civilisations. So, in comparison to multi billion dollar media documentaries all focusing on Egypt, in favour of considering it's origins anything but 'African'. It's at least fair for a small video project to touch on the worlds most underrated and disregarded Empires.

[iguokundia]

Wow

[MsAnanga]

I know a lot more than I knew about the Benin people now! And I am a Nigerian!

[cutless442225]

This is a complete waste, colonist interperutation. There is no mention of the great pyramid there the writting. You are no scholar...

[funkymamadee11]

I am not sure I appreciate the allusion that the chieftancy is based on materialism solely.

Also, whilst I appreciate it is hard to keep your audience entertained for an hour, some of her humour is disparaging