Short pieces by our team and friends. The country, told properly.
A researcher on the limits of the paper trail, and why a DNA match to the Bight of Benin is a beginning, not an answer.
Ganvié before the tour boats, when the fishermen are out and the water is the colour of tea.
Fewer than 500 West African lions survive. Most of them live in one park complex, and Benin holds a third of it.
Vodun is a religion, not a show. Seven things we tell every guest before the first temple.
