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BININ ARTS, CULTURAL HERITAGE BEST IN AFRICA-USA


The U. S. Consul General, Mr John Bray has said that the Benin arts and cultural heritage remains the best in Africa.
Bray said this on Friday when the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Williams Stuart led a team to the palace of Oba Ewuare II in Benin.
He told the monarch that they were in his palace to inform him of the Solomon Alonge exhibition of African arts by Smithsonian National Museum in Benin.
Alonge (1911–1994) is one of Nigeria’s premiere photographers and the first official photographer of the royal court of Benin, Nigeria.
“The Benin arts and cultural heritage remains the best in Africa,” Bray said adding that the United States had already set up a fund for the revitalisation of museums in Nigeria.
Earlier, Stuart told the Oba that he and his delegation were in Benin for the historic grand opening of Alonge exhibition at National Museum.
Stuart said the event which he described as first of its kind was sponsored by U.S. government and Heritage Bank.
In his response, Oba Ewuare said that 

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