Benson was born on Dec. 9, 1919 in Pretoria, South Africa; attended schools in Australia; secretary with British High Commission, Pretoria, South Africa (1940-41), and with film director David Lean, London (1947-49); co-founder and secretary of Africa Bureau, London, 1950-57; lobbied in England and at the United Nations on South African issues; active in the African Development Trust and National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment; an activist against apartheid, Benson left South Africa and became a political exile in London in 1966; publications include Tshekedi Khama (1960), Chief Albert Lutuli of South Africa (1963), The African patriots : the story of the African National Congress of South Africa (1963), At the still point (1970), and Nelson Mandala (1980).
From the description of Research material about the African National Congress, South Africa, 1961-1962. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40973476
