Ota Benga arrived at the Bronx Zoo one day late in the summer of 1906 wearing a white linen suit. He was lugging a wooden bow, a set of arrows, and a pet chimpanzee. Twenty-three years old and twice ...

When the New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo) opened in September 1906, people visiting the Primates’ House encountered a startling sight. There, amid the cages full of exotic animals, they ...

Skream and Benga have reunited on Radio 1 during the Residency. It was the first time the duo have appeared on air together since co-hosting a Friday night show on the station, which ended when ...

"A pair of portraits of the iconic figure François 'Féral' Benga", toned silver prints, circa 1930. In Swann Galleries' LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale, estimate $2,500 to $3,500.

A condensed version of this piece appeared in the July print issue of In These Times. Benga’s New York captors firmly believed that they were the man’s benevolent-minded caretakers; the small Bushman ...

As longtime readers know, one of my abiding interests is how our culture today invokes “science” to justify morally suspect behavior and undertakings. In ages past, “religion” or “patriotism” would ...

The dubstep pioneer was set to perform alongside Skream at this year's festival. By Rania Aniftos Ahead of his Coachella performance alongside his musical collaborator Skream, Benga took to Instagram ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The Bronx Zoo is apologizing for a shameful and shocking act from 114 years ago. The zoo acknowledges past leaders participated in racism that robbed an African man of his ...

Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1904 and taken to the US to be exhibited. Journalist Pamela Newkirk, who has written extensively about the subject, looks ...

Benga has opened up about his mental health problems in a new interview with The Guardian. Having recently talked about his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, both of which he was diagnosed with last ...

Warning! The following contains spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Shuttle To Kenfori." Stream it with a Paramount+ subscription and read at your own risk! After a fun two-episode ...