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Richard Seymour Hall (22 July 1925 – 14 November 1997) was a British journalist and historian, writing about Africa. He was born in Margate, and spent several years of his childhood in Australia. On returning to the UK with his mother after his parents separated he attended the Hastings Grammar School, and received an honours degree from Keble College, Oxford. During this time he married Barbara Hall, with whom he had five sons. He worked first for the Daily Mail in London, and then went to Northern Rhodesia where he was co-founder and editor of the African Mail (also known as the Central African Mail) with Alexander Scott.[1] After Zambia's independence, he became editor of the Times of Zambia owned by Tiny Rowland. In 1967 he returned to England as African correspondent of The Observer, and was a proponent of its ultimately unsuccessful fight for independence. In 1986, after failing to become the editor of The Observer when it was purchased by Rowland, he founded his own financial and political bulletin Africa Analysis.[2][3] BooksHe wrote a number of books on Africa politics, history, and biography, for adults and children. For adults
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References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.richardhall.info/Dick%20Hall%20Guardian%20obit.pdf | title=Obituaries: Richard Hall: Tough Love For Africa | work=The Guardian | date=November 19, 1997 | accessdate=January 4, 2018 | author=Cockcroft, Laurence}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.richardhall.info/Biography.html | title=Obituary | publisher=The Times | accessdate=January 4, 2018}} 3. ^Anthony Sampson, "Dick Hall, a passion for Africa". The Observer, 1997. 4. ^WorldCat identities External links
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