Visual Representations of the Benin Empire and its King: From British Colonial Rule to Present From British Colonial Rule to Present

Abstract

The study presents the image of the Benin Empire and its king through photographs and artworks that contribute to the construction of social reality and have the ability to capture cultural changes visually. Visual representations of the Benin Empire presented in this study encompass particularly the period from British colonial dominance to these days.

Keywords

• Benin
• art
• anthropology