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African Journals Initiative

African Journals Initiative

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

The Transformative Potential of Ebooks in African Publishing

The Transformative Potential of Ebooks in African Publishing

African Books Collective Ebook platform

Congo: A Story in 26 Words by John Stedman

Congo: A Story in 26 Words by John Stedman

Review

Basil du Toit

Basil du Toit

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

Fall Catalogue 2024

Take a look at the African Books Collective Fall Catalogue 2024

Anton Krueger

Anton Krueger

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

African Arguments Interviews Mkuki Bgoya

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

Samuel Ajibiye

Samuel Ajibiye

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

We Can Re-invent Ourselves and Our Future

We Can Re-invent Ourselves and Our Future

Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset

Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset

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

Tanure Ojaide

Tanure Ojaide

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

Windows Into Zimbabwe

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’

Cameroonian Book Publishing as ‘Defiant Scholarship’

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

Centring Africana Voices in Contemporary Publishing

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

Salimah Valiani

Salimah Valiani

Sarah Lubala interviews Salimah Valiani on her new book, IGoli EGoli (Botsotso Publishing).

Report on the Publishing and Book Sector in Morocco, 2022-2023

Report on the Publishing and Book Sector in Morocco, 2022-2023

New report on the publishing and book sector in Morocco, which focuses on literature, the humanities, and social sciences (2022–2023).

David Mann

David Mann

Interview with award-winning editor and arts writer, David Mann, on his new short story collection, Once Removed (Botsotso Publishing).

Books in African Languages Catalogue

Books in African Languages Catalogue

Take a look at the African Books Collective Books in African Languages Catalogue

Wilfred Kanu Jr., Badson Publishing

Wilfred Kanu Jr., Badson Publishing

Wilfred Kanu Jr., CEO of Badson Publishing, talks about the roots of his publishing venture and how he is working with African Books Collective. 

Zaheera Jina Asvat

Zaheera Jina Asvat

Read African Books interviews short story writer, Zaheera Jina Asvat, about her new collection, The Tears of the Weaver (Modjaji Books).

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