1813 NIGERIA - Edo dancers at the palace of Omo N'Oba

Edo is an ethnic group living in a territory located west of the Niger River, between a hilly region in the north and the swamps of the Niger Delta, who speaks a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Edo are also referred to as "Bini" or as the "Benin ethnic group", though currently the people themselves prefer to be simply called "Edo". They are the descendants of the people who founded the Benin Empire (1180-1897). The traditional ruler of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire is the Oba of Benin, or Omo N'Oba.

0850 NIGERIA - Durbar Festival

Nigeria has many festivals that date back to the time before the arrival of the major religions, and which are still occasions for masquerade and dance. The local festivals cover an enormous range of events, from Mada Dancers harvest festivals and betrothal festivals, to the investing of a new chief and funerals. From a religious perspective, Nigeria is apparently divided equally between Islam and Christianity between north and south, but in country still survives also the belief in traditional religious practices. So generally in the south is celebrated the Christian calendar, and in north the Muslim one.

0422 NIGERIA (Lagos) – Badagry, the port from which the slaves left

Located in West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon, Nigeria is a federation comprising 36 states, in which live more than 250 ethnic groups, the most influential being the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Moreover, it's the most populous country in Africa (hosting 18% of the continent's total population), the seventh most populous country in the world, and the most populous country in the world in which the majority of the population is black.