Architecture of Unforgetting

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November 23, 2021

ARTICLE 1b.

An overview of the powerful symbol of the tower, the brass serpent and the bird of prophesy as landmark at various gates in the city.

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WHAT IS UNFORGETTING?

In 2010, we opened the first Architecture of Unforgetting on pinterest. At the time the project was called ‘Architecture of Loss’. Loss, or Unforgetting?

This page is about the arts stolen from the Benin Empire in 1897, alongside other findings.

Who are the Edo Benin and the kingdom they founded? What was the Culture, History and Arts of the kingdom of Benin? How do we understand the assault and subsequent propaganda against the kingdom in relation to larger regional history as well as the history of the modern world?

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“…culture is for the people an inexhaustible source of courage, of material and moral support, of physical and psychic energy which enables them to accept sacrifices—even to accomplish ‘miracles’.”Amil Cabral

Igodo to Eweka

Igodo - 40 BCE - 12 CE
Ere - 16 CE - 66 CE

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