︎ Selected publications

1990. “Benin City Arts and Crafts Heritage,” Nigerian Magazine, 58 (1 & 2): 3 – 17.

2001. “Alternative Methods of Exhibiting Benin Cultural Objects in Museums,” West African Journal of Archaeology, 31 (2): 28-38. Co-authored with A. I. Okpoko.

2002. “The Use of Benin Cultural Objects for Educational Programmes in Museums,” Nigerian Heritage–Journal of National Commission for Museums and Monuments X (I):120-124.

2003. “The Toponymical Investigation of Benin City, Nigeria,” Nomina Africana 17 (2): 67-75.

2004. “Curatorship of Benin Cultural Materials towards Integrating Indigenous and Orthodox Methods,” African Studies Monograph 25 (4): 195-213. Co-authored with A. I. Okpoko.

2005. “Exhibition Planning and Design for Benin Cultural Objects in Museums: An Alternative Approach,” West African Journal of Archaeology (WAJA) 35 (1&2): 105-113.

2006. “Alternative Conservation Methods: The Benin Example,” in Fundamentals of Museum Practices by Alex Ikechukwu Okpoko. Nsukka: Afro-Orbis Publishing Co Ltd, pp. 214-220.

2008. “Benin Art Objects in Catalogues And Books Interpreting Conventional Photograph in Indigenous Perspective,” West African Journal of Archaeology (WAJA) 28 (1&2): 65-77.

2010. “If the Treasures Are Returned: Views on Museums and the Cultural Heritage in Benin City,” in Whose Objects? Art Treasures from the Kingdom of Benin in the Collection of the Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, edited by Wilhelm Östberg. Stockholm: Ethnografiska Museet, pp. 22-27.

2014. “Monuments, Museum and Tourism in Social Services Provision and Management in Nigeria,” Perspectives on Social Services in Nigeria, edited by G.E.D. Omuta. Ibadan: HEBN Publishers, pp. 953-973.

2017. “Photographic Recordkeeping in Benin: Ancient and Modern,” in Fragile Legacies: The Photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge, edited by A. J. Staples, F. E. S. Kaplan and B. M. Freyer. Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, pp. 97-111.

2018. “From Oba Oranmiyan to Oba Ewuare II,” in The Benin Monarchy: An Anthology of Benin History, edited by the Benin Traditional Council. Wells-Crimson Limited Publishers, pp. 65-96.

2018. “The Guilds of Benin: Artefacts, Antiquities and Art,” in The Benin Monarchy: An Anthology of Benin History, edited by the Benin Traditional Council. Wells-Crimson Limited Publishers, pp. 221-233.

RECONNECTING ROYAL ART TREASURES

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