Architecture of Unforgetting

Obaseki and MOWAA: A Public Legacy Wrapped in Private Control? Part One of the MOWAA investigation.  See also video:  https://www.facebook.com/reel/799572416452717 - by Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah   When the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) was unveiled, it was framed as a cultural rebirth — a legacy project rooted in Edo history and built on a partnership involving the Edo State Government , national institutions, and the Benin Palace . It was presented as public-spirited, heritage-driven, and institutionally anchored. However, a review of incorporation documents, amended governance papers, and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) filings tells a more complex and troubling story — one marked by structural contradictions, quiet governance changes, and unresolved questions about control. A Public Narrative, a Private Legal Vehicle. MOWAA is not a government agency. It is registered as a private Company Limited by Guarantee (LTD/GTE), originally incorporated on 13 January 2020 u...

NOWAYMOWAA: HOW THE ROYAL BENIN MUSEUM WAS HIJACKED AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT WE RESUME AND COMPLETE THE BUILDING IN ITS ORIGINAL NAME AND PURPOSE AS  ROYAL BENIN MUSEUM.    ‘EMOWAA’ or its latter name ’MOWAA’ and the grants and funding and architectural design for the building in question (and currently in development) would never have come into being without the issue of the artefacts looted from Benin Kingdom in 1897 by the British forces. The dialogue to have same returned to Benin Kingdom was what started the push for a ‘world class museum’ for precisely the artefacts in question. All of which means this same building ‘MOWAA’ suddenly made a ‘privately owned’ edifice is a matter of much urgency  that needs to be investigated by the palace, the state government and the federal government of Nigeria working together.   Edo State is the heart of Benin Kingdom, which was founded by the Edo-speaking people. Edo as a state was founded out of the former Bendel Stat...