Protesters Storm Campus of Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art, Forcing Abrupt End to Preview

After more than five years in development, Nigeria’s glitzy Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City was set to host a series of preview events this week ahead of a grand public opening on Tuesday. Instead, it was met with protests.On Sunday, just hours before the first preview was set to begin, demonstrators gathered at the entrance to the museum campus, demanding to be allowed in. When denied, the crowd entered through another gate, hurling insults and protests at the foreign gue