EntityQ810024· pop 14· linked from 105 articlesBasil DavidsonSign in to saveBritish journalist and historian (1914–2010)Person · Open LibraryBorn1914Died,Works101Top worksThe growth of African civilizationSydafrikas imperiedrömVom Sklavenhandel zur KolonialisierungA history of West Africa to the nineteenth century. With F. K. Buah and the advice of J. F. Ade AjayiWest Africa before the colonial eravia Open Library + WikidataMusic · MusicBrainzTypePersonActive to2005via MusicBrainz · CC0Key datesBorn9 November 1914Died9 July 2010via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGiven nameBasilFamily nameDavidsonGendermaleCitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandPlace of birthBristolPlace of deathLondonOccupationopinion journalistLanguages spokenEnglish languageAwardhonorary doctorateConnectionsAfricaEntitySecret Intelligence ServiceEntityCategories1914 births2010 deathsAnti-apartheid activistsBritish Army personnel of World War IIBritish social justice activistsBritish Special Operations Executive personnelEnglish AfricanistsEnglish historiansEnglish socialistsEnglish spiesHistorians of AfricaJournalists from BristolMilitary personnel from Gloucestershire