Alan Rake
Alan Rake (an haife shi a shekara ta 1933) ɗan jarida ne a jaridar da ake bugawa da turanci, kuma marubuci game da Afirka.

Rayuwa 
Alan Rake ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Oxford, inda ya karanci fannin: Falsafa, siyasa da tattalin arziki. Jim Bailey ya gayyace shi, wanda kuma ya yi karatu a Oxford, don yin aiki da mujallar Drum. A ƙarshen shekarar 1950 ya buɗe ofishin mujallar a birnin Nairobi, yana aiki a matsayin editanta jaridar ta Gabashin Afirka. A farkon 1960s ya ɗan yi aiki da mujjalar Drum a Afirka ta Kudu, kuma a matsayin Babban Manajan jaridar a Afirka ta Yamma, kafin ya ci gaba da aiki da mujjalar Drum ɗin ta Gabashin Afirka a matsayin editan jaridar da ke Landan.

A cikin 1968 ya kasance editan labarai na Africa Confidential a takaice.

A cikin 1969 ya fara gyara a mujallar African Development da ake bugawa duk wata-wata daga Landan, daga baya aka sake mata suna izuwa New African. Ya kasance a can a matsayin edita har zuwa ritayarsa a shekarar 1999.

Ayyuka 

 (tare da John Dickie) Wanene a Afirka; shugabannin siyasa, soja da na kasuwanci na Afirka . London: Mai Saye da Kasuwanci na Afirka, 1973.
 Wanene Wane a Afirka: shugabannin 1990s . Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
 Manyan Afirka 100 . Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.

Manazarta

Haifaffun 1933
Rayayyun mutane