Peplowski, who died Feb. 2, started playing clarinet professionally at age 10 and went on to perform with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and to record on his own. Originally broadcast July 7, 1999.

On the 'Lover's Canal' in Ganvie, a lake village in Benin, love can flow in unusual ways. Long a place for chance encounters, this stretch of water has over the years become a favoured meeting spot ...

Villagers traverse the waterways of Ganvie, a village built on wooden pilings on Lake Nokoue, near Cotonou in Benin, Saturday March 3, 2001 ...

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S.

This week the Ghanian musician Ebo Taylor died at 90 years old. While he was not well known in the U.S. he was a star in Africa, and a defining force in highlife music.

As European museums return looted Benin Bronzes, the centuries-old craft that produced some of Africa's finest and most significant heritage objects is struggling to survive in the Nigerian city where ...

Taylor Swift is dancing through the lightning strikes in her “Opalite” music video. The video began with a fictional ’80s-style commercial for a cleaning spray that can “magically [transform] your ...

A 42-year-old commercial bus driver, Osabuohen Igerevba, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the alleged killing of his 32-year-old girlfriend, Joy Jerome, in Benin ...

Immigration has long been a quiet engine of hope, powered by people who decide that staying put is more dangerous than starting again. For many, like Nigerian rapper Greo, the choice to migrate isn’t ...

President Patrice Talon’s ruling alliance has won full control of Benin’s National Assembly in legislative elections, according to provisional results. The electoral commission said on Saturday night ...

Citizenship programme part of Benin's plan to raise global profile Thousands have applied, about 50 approved so far Spike Lee named ambassador to African-Americans OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 14 (Reuters) - ...

Oil production offshore Benin, Nigeria’s neighbor to the west, is set to begin by the end of January, the field operator said on Monday in what would be the first oil from the redeveloped field after ...