Kingdom of bronze

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1976

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Anthropologist and zoologist David Attenborough traces the history of the ancient but sophisticated bronzes of Benin cast in Nigeria. The anthropologist discovers that the Beni learned bronze casting from the Yoruba tribe thus predating the Portuguese influence of the 16th century.

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