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Henry Chakava: A Pioneer of Indigenous Publishing in Kenya and Africa

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Henry Chakava (1946-2024), often hailed as the “father of Kenyan publishing,” played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of African literature.This tribute highlights Chakava’s multifaceted legacy, examining his key initiatives and their impact on the publishing industry in Kenya and Africa.

Imprint Africa: Conversations with African Women Publishers

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Imprint Africa: Conversations with African Women Publishers maps an early twenty-first century history of the remarkable women who have pioneered the publishing industry in Africa in the last few decades.

A Malawi Church History

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Is Small Beautiful? Africa’s Independent Book Publishers

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Stephanie Kitchen, David Mills and Anshita Ail

Spring Catalogue 2025

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Take a look at the African books Collective Spring Catalogue 2025

A Bow to Shiraz Durrani: Publishing the Struggle

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Oduor Ong-wen shares his thoughts on the recent retirement of Shiraz Durrani from Vita Books.

African Journals Initiative

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Announcing the launch of the African Journals Initiative Internationalising African social science and humanities journals

The Transformative Potential of Ebooks in African Publishing

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African Books Collective Ebook platform

Congo: A Story in 26 Words by John Stedman

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Basil du Toit

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David Mann, author of Once Removed, interviews award-winning Scottish-South African poet, Basil du Toit about his latest collection of poetry Studies in Khoisan Verbs.

Fall Catalogue 2024

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Take a look at the African Books Collective Fall Catalogue 2024

Anton Krueger

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Salimah Valiani interviews Anton Krueger about his poetry collection, Everybody is a Bridge: Poems, Prose-Poems, Notes & Fragments (Botsotso Publishing).

African Arguments Interviews Mkuki Bgoya

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Karen Chalamilla, African Arguments, interviews Mkuki Bgoya, publisher at Mkuki na Nyota. 

Samuel Ajibiye

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Interview with debut novelist Samuel Ajibiye on his book The Master of Fate (Malthouse Press).

We Can Re-invent Ourselves and Our Future

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Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset

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John Graversgaard reviews Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset by Shiraz Durrani for Countercurrents. 

Tanure Ojaide

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Interview with multi-award-winning poet and academic Tanure Ojaide on his new collection History and its True Colors (Spears Media Press).

Windows Into Zimbabwe

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Franziska Kramer and Jürgen Kramer share part of their Introduction to the Weaver Press short story collection, Windows into Zimbabwe. 

Cameroonian Book Publishing as ‘Defiant Scholarship’

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Stephanie Kitchen presented on ‘Book Publishing and Publishing Collectives in Africa’ at a British Academy Writing Workshop on ‘Defiant Scholarship in Africa’.

Centring Africana Voices in Contemporary Publishing

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An opinion piece by Jude Fokwang, presented at the Workshop on Defiant Scholarship in Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 18 – 20 June 2024.