Ogiso Ere News Today

‘‘The general public should note that this act by lzoduwa Imasuen is an abomination, aberration and distortion of Benin traditional marriage processes and procedures’’.

Joseph Alufa Igbinovia is not a celebrity, who will glide through crowds of tourists and local revelers astride an elaborate float of the Edo regalia. He is one of the artists who will rather concentrate on their work than make noise about.

Economists have illuminated our understanding of guilds in medieval Europe, but we still know rather little about their functions in other parts of the world, especially Africa. In the West, the approach has been to question the relevance of guilds as a platform to accentuate economic growth.