SOMALILAND.—In “The Horn of Africa,” John Buchholzer provides a timely background to an area that will take place on the world’s stage. British Somaliland and the former Italian possessions in Somalia are due to become independent in 1960, an event that interests not only the neighbours of these territories (especially Abyssinia), but distant nations that are concerned with the strategic position of the Horn of Africa, with its long seaboards on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. John Buchholzer, a Dane, travelled among the Somalis, and in his book he gives excellent descriptions of them and of their barren, mountainous country. He also gives an insight into their politics and ambitions and fears. “The Horn of Africa” is published by Angus and Robertson.

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SOMALILAND.—In “The Horn of Africa,” John Buchholzer provides a timely background to an area that will take place on the world’s stage. British Somaliland and the former Italian possessions in Somalia are due to become independent in 1960, an event that interests not only the neighbours of these territories (especially Abyssinia), but distant nations that are concerned with the strategic position of the Horn of Africa, with its long seaboards on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. John Buchholzer, a Dane, travelled among the Somalis, and in his book he gives excellent descriptions of them and of their barren, mountainous country. He also gives an insight into their politics and ambitions and fears. “The Horn of Africa” is published by Angus and Robertson.