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Author photo. Basil Davidson [credit: Augusta Conchiglia]

Basil Davidson [credit: Augusta Conchiglia]

Basil Davidson (1914–2010)

Author of Great Ages of Man: African Kingdoms

Includes the names: Basil Davidson, Basil Davidson, Бэзил Дэвидсон

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Works by Basil Davidson

Great Ages of Man: African Kingdoms 376 copies, 4 reviews
Africa in History 246 copies, 2 reviews
The Lost Cities of Africa 188 copies, 2 reviews
The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State 167 copies, 2 reviews
The African Slave Trade 164 copies, 1 review
A history of West Africa to the nineteenth century. With F. K. Buah and… 94 copies, 1 review
The African Genius: An Introduction to African Social and Cultural History 86 copies
Modern Africa: A Social and Political History 74 copies
The African Past 49 copies
The Search for Africa: History, Culture, Politics 38 copies
Africa: history of a continent 37 copies
African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern Times 37 copies
Story of Africa 36 copies, 1 review
Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral 35 copies

Let Freedom Come: Africa in Modern History 33 copies

Africa in modern history : the search for a new society 32 copies, 1 review

Old Africa rediscovered 29 copies

Which Way Africa? 29 copies

The liberation of Guine: Aspects of an African revolution; (Penguin… 25 copies

A history of East and Central Africa to the late nineteenth century 25 copies, 2 reviews

West Africa before the Colonial Era: A History to 1850 24 copies

The Africans : an entry to cultural history 24 copies, 1 review

In the eye of the storm; Angola's people 22 copies

A guide to African history 18 copies

Special Operations Europe: Scenes from the Anti-Nazi War 14 copies

Southern Africa: New Politics of Revolution (Pelican) 12 copies

No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky 10 copies

Can Africa Survive? Arguments Against Growth Without Development 9 copies

Black Star: A View of the Life and Times of Kwame Nkrumah 9 copies

The Fortunate Isles: A Study in African Transformation 6 copies

People's Cause A History of Guerrillas in Africa 5 copies

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Also by Basil Davidson

Tir a'Mhurain: Outer Hebrides (Commentary, some editions) 37 copies
Ghana: An African Portrait (Commentary) 22 copies
The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 8: c. 1940 to c. 1975 (Contributor) 12 copies

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Davidson, Basil Risbridger

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Risbridger, Basil (birth name)

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Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

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Somerset, England, UK

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Budapest, Hungary

Education

Kelly College, Tavistock, Devon, UK

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Special Operations Executive (WWII)

School of Oriental and African Studies

Secret Intelligence Service

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Awards and honors

Anisfield-Wolf Award (1960)

Medalha Amilcar Cabral (1976)

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