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Douglas Rimmer (29 April 1927 - 10 September 2004) was an economist and historian focusing on post-colonial West Africa. He first taught at the University College of the Gold Coast (now the University of Ghana at Legon) and was a founding member of the Centre of West African Studies at Birmingham University in 1963, where he became Director in 1983. Rimmer served the Royal African Society (RAS) for twenty years in various roles such as President (1986-1988). In 2001 he received the RAS/ASAUK Distinguished Africanist Award.

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