Richard Dowden
Richard Dowden is Director of the Royal African Society. After first going to Africa in 1971 as a teacher, he became a reporter there for The Times, and went on to spend a decade as the founding Africa Editor of the Independent, and then a further decade as Africa Editor of The Economist. There are few reporters writing in English now who have had more experience of life as it is lived in a wider variety of African communities. He has made three television documentaries on Africa, for the BBC and Channel 4. Africa is his first book.
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Africa Altered States, Ordinary Miracles (First Hardback Edition)
The finest living Africa correspondent delivers, after a lifetime’s close observation of the miraculous continent, a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa.
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Africa Altered States, Ordinary Miracles (First paperback edition)
The finest living Africa correspondent delivers, after a lifetime’s close observation of the miraculous continent, a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa.
Published: 01/05/09, RRP: £9.99, Introductory Offer: 20% Off All Titles, Web Price: £7.99, You Save: £2.00 (20%), ADD TO BASKET
Recent Related Events
Richard Dowden at The Edinburgh International Book Festival on Friday 21st August 2009 at 4.00pm
Richard Dowden will be speaking about Africa at The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square Gardens, Edinburgh on Friday 21st August 2009 at 4.00pm.
Richard Dowden in a panel discussion on Africa at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
Richard Dowden will be speaking about Africa as part of panel discussion about Chinese influence in Africa at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, Christ Church, Oxford on Wednesday April 1st at 10 am.
Richard Dowden's talk on Africa at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
Richard Dowden discusses Africa, his book and the continent, at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, Christ Church, Oxford on Tuesday 31st March at 8pm
