This new guide gives a lively and off-beat insight into this small but fascinating country. National parks, wildlife, museums, historic buildings, beaches, surfing, traditional ceremonies, kings, voodoo, the ancient slave trade and Benin’s delightful people are all presented, along with practical tips on accommodation, transport, food, etiquette, eight-foot-tall chickens and avoiding sorcerers.

• Parc National du W and Parc National de la Pendjari: two of West
  Africa’s top wildlife locations
• Unique traditions of magic and voodoo in this ‘field guide’ to gods,
  ghosts and dead people
• Benin’s kings: tips on meeting the monarchy
• The old slave route and sacred forest: history remembered

        2006       

224 pages

RRP £14.99