Home › B › Benin (Former negro kingdom of west)

Benin (Former negro kingdom of west)

a former negro kingdom of west Africa, on the Bight of Benin, extending along the coast on both sides of the Benin river, W. of the lower Niger, and to some distance inland. The chief town is Benin (pop. about 10,000 ), situated on the river Benin, one of the mouths of the Niger. Cotton is indige nous, and woven into cloth by the women ,