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Episode 5: Kingdoms of Bronze

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 17^th Jun 1975, 20:10 on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Wed 28^th Nov 1984, 15:00 on BBC Two England

400 years ago the kingdom of Oba in Benin was a very powerful and splendid domain in West Africa. Today Benin city is a bustling Nigerian town and the society of bronze-makers still produces bronzes in the manner of its ancestors. Show less

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