Association of the UK (ASAUK) and in 1993 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. He died on 9 February 2014 at the age of 90 in Frilsham, Berkshire, England. Books The Missionary Factor in East Africa, 1952. Sir Harry Johnston and the Scramble for Africa, 1957. A Short History of Africa (with John Fage), 1962, 6th edition 1988. Africa since 1800 (with Anthony Atmore) 1967. Africa in the Iron Age (with Brian Fagan) 1975. The African Middle Ages (with Anthony Atmore) 1981. The African Experience: From Olduvai Gorge to the 21st Century, 1991, Revised 1999. In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History, 1997. References External links http://asauk.net/awards/africanist.shtml http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/Westview/author_detail.jsp?id=287392 http://www.africana.co.uk/collections/col_oliv.shtml 1923 births 2014 deaths Historians of Africa English Africanists Indian Africanists Academics of SOAS University of London Fellows of the British Academy Northwestern University faculty Harvard University staff British expatriates in the United States Presidents of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom