About Richard Dowden
Richard Dowden is an English journalist who has specialised in African issues. Since 1975, he has worked for several British media and was formerly Executive Director of the Royal African Society (2002–2017). He is the author of the book Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, which has a foreword by the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Dowden lives and works in London. Dowden's book Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, first published in 2008 by Portobello Books, is an overview of African contemporary history from an autobiographical point of view.
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