Books by Richard Dowden (Y)

Richard Dowden was Executive Director of the Royal African Society from 2002 to 2017. He first went to Africa as a teacher in 1971, and then as a journalist in 1983, working for The Times. In 1986, he became Africa Editor of the Independent, and then in 1995 took up the post of Africa Editor of the Economist. He has also made three television documentaries on Africa, for the BBC and Channel 4.