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Richard Dowden

Richard Dowden was the director of the RAS. He is the author of Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles.

  • AnthropologyBooks and ControversiesDebating IdeasReviewsSahelTexts and Contexts
    By Richard Dowden
    June 16, 2020
    1671
    0

    Village Life in Modern Africa – Review of Camila Toulmin’s Land, Investment and Migration: Thirty-five Years of Village Life in Mali

    Camilla Toulmin documents the deepest historic change that humanity makes; the change from hand-to-mouth farming to modern agriculture.
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  • Insiders suggest that President Trump will soon put forward Peter Pham to be his Under-Secretary of State for Africa.
    Politics
    By Richard Dowden
    August 1, 2017
    8401
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    Peter Pham: President Trump’s perfect pick for top Africa post?

    If Pham becomes Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, it would likely mark a shift in the tone and priorities of US-Africa relations.  If Donald Trump ...
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  • Quett Masire was president of Botswana from 1980 to1998.
    BotswanaPolitics
    By Richard Dowden
    June 28, 2017
    9704
    12

    Quett Masire (1925-2017), the great African leader you’ve never heard of

    As president of Botswana for nearly two decades, the humble Masire was responsible for setting the country on a path to prosperity. Quett Masire, president of ...
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  • Politics
    By Richard Dowden
    June 24, 2016
    4211
    0

    What will Brexit mean for Africa?

    For good and ill, Britain has long played a major role in world affairs and particularly in Africa. Now it seems doomed to become an impoverished ...
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  • PoliticsUganda
    By Richard Dowden
    February 17, 2016
    4837
    0

    #UgandaDecides: How Museveni survived, grabbed donors by the balls, and became the very thing he warned against

    In the 18 February election, President Yoweri Museveni will almost certainly extend his rule and will probably keep extending it until he dies in office. If Shakespeare ...
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  • PoliticsWestern Sahara
    By Richard Dowden
    November 5, 2015
    5079
    0

    40 years of hurt: The never-ending scandal of the Western Sahara

    For Africa, the UN and the powers in the Security Council, the ongoing occupation of the Western Sahara is an embarrassment.  For Saharwis, it’s a profound injustice. Forty years ...
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  • Politics
    By Richard Dowden
    January 22, 2009
    5593
    9

    African Democracy

    dowdenGhana's extraordinary election last December was not just about Ghana. Two decades after the return of multi party ...
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