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Starchitect David Adjaye’s Museum of West African Art in Nigeria Will Be Dramatically Built Into the Ruins of the Former Benin Palace

The British Museum is working with Nigerian officials on an ambitious $4 million excavation that will lay the groundwork for the new museum. The forthcoming Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, is sitting atop a treasure trove of cultural heritage.  Valuable archaeological remains from the former Kingdom of Benin are buried beneath…

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