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Benue River

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Benue River

 or Bénoué River

River, western Africa. Rising in northern Cameroon (as the Bénoué), the river flows west across east-central Nigeria (as the Benue). About 870 mi (1,400 km) long, it is the chief tributary of the Niger River and transports a considerable volume of trade.



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Sieber's 1958 photographs of works in the Jos Museum and in villages of the Igala, Idoma, and small groups ha the Benue River region in northern Nigeria allowed him first and foremost to identify styles.
Later they focused on northern and eastern Nigeria, including the Benue River Valley, the Niger Delta, the Cross River, and the Nigeria-Cameroon border area.
 
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