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title: "Richard Dowden"
date: "2008-09-03T00:00:00+01:00"
modified: "2008-09-03T00:00:00+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/contributors/richard-dowden/"
post_id: 3602
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# Richard Dowden

Richard Dowden is Director of the Royal African Society and a world renowned expert on the continent. His new book is Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles (Portobello)