I remember his video series on African history "Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson". ------------------
Basil Davidson obituary Radical journalist and historian who charted the death throes of colonialism in Africa Basil Davidson, who has died aged 95, was a radical journalist in the great anti-imperial tradition, and became a distinguished historian of pre-colonial Africa. An energetic and charismatic figure, he was dropped behind enemy lines during the second world war and joined that legendary band of British soldiers who fought with the partisans in Yugoslavia and in Italy. Years later, he was the first reporter to travel with the guerrillas fighting the Portuguese in Angola and Guinea-Bissau, and brought their struggle to the world's attention.... Read more at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/09/basil-davidson-obituary
Foroyaa quote: "Know yourselves, know your country, and the world. Then you shall be the architect of your own destiny".
It is important for us to know these facts presented by the late Basil Davidson and the likes of the late Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop, otherwise we only become copycats.
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone
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