City of Blood
... Little has ever been written about the ancient West African king dom of Benin, and therefore Ray mond Tong's Figures in Ebony (Cassell 16s.) will be welcomed with interest. The author, who spent four years in the province with the Colonial Education Ser vice, writes with clear understand ing and affection for Benin and its peoples. Besides painting a vivid picture of Benin and the Binis of to ...