Basil Davidson

Basil Davidson
Born(1914-11-09)9 November 1914
Died9 July 2010(2010-07-09) (aged 95)
Occupation(s)Journalist and writer
Spouse
Marion Young
(m. 1943⁠–⁠2010)

Basil Risbridger Davidson MC (9 November 1914 – 9 July 2010) was a British journalist and historian who wrote more than 30 books on African history and politics. According to two modern writers, "Davidson, a campaigning journalist whose first of many books on African history and politics appeared in 1956, remains perhaps the single-most effective disseminator of the new field to a popular international audience".[1]

  1. ^ Parker, John; Rathbone, Richard (2007). African history : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 124-5. ISBN 978-0192802484.

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