AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE Literature Catalogue 2019 - About Us
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AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE Literature Catalogue 2019 - About Us - African Books Collective (ABC) is an African owned, worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for books from Africa - scholarly, literature and children’s books. Founded, owned and governed by a group of African publishers. ABC seeks to be the primary distribution choice for independent African publishers; to provide the most comprehensive selection of relevant material to customers worldwide in the form they require; to achieve ABC’s cultural aims whilst operating in a wholly commercial space; and to grow the market for African books worldwide. Titles stocked are from many of the leading publishers in Africa: scholarly, literary, art books, children’s books, and books in African languages and in translation. They are available in print, and many also as ebooks, in European and some African languages. The participants are independent African publishers on the Continent. They include scholarly and literary, and some children’s book publishers: research institutes, university presses, commercial presses – large and small, NGOs, and writers’ organisations. - History - A group of African publishers met in 1985 to address the constraints publishers were experiencing in financing, marketing and distributing their books, and the dearth of African published materials in the North. They founded ABC as a collective self-help initiative to strengthen the economic base of independent African publishers and to meet the needs of Northern libraries and other book buyers. With initial support from funding agencies, trading began in 1989. Major remodelling of ABC took place in 2007, when it became self-financing, and moved to a largely digital model. Since then further refinements have been made in the organisation and consequently profitability is on the increase with publishers seeing bonuses paid out in recent years. New opportunities afforded by the evolution of digital publishing and electronic books have been seized upon with ABC playing a key role in the digitisation of African cultural output. Whilst adapting to changing markets and methodologies, ABC’s founding ethos and aims remain unchanged and ABC remains a not-for-profit organisation on its own behalf. - Governance and Organisation - ABC is a collective owned by its 17 founder publishers. The founder publishers elect a five-member Council of Management which meets annually. The Council of Management is responsible for setting the collective’s strategy and for its representation in the wider book and publishing world, in government, NGO and cultural organizations, within and outside Africa. ABC is a UK-registered not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. It has two UK non-executive directors who are legally responsible for the company. ABC seeks to be profit making on behalf of its publishers, and is non-profit making on its own behalf. Contents African Books Collective Participating Publishers i AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE (ABC) is a non-profit Literary Criticism 1 worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for over 3,000 print titles from Africa, of which 900 are also eBooks - scholarly, Collections 4 literature and children’s books. Founded, owned and governed by Drama 8 a group of African publishers, its participants are 182 independent and autonomous African publishers from 22 countries. They Fiction 9 share a common ethos of publishing from within African cultures, Poetry 15 asserting Africa’s voice within Africa and internationally. They include scholarly and literary, and some children’s book publishers: Interview with Michèle Betty research institutes, university presses, commercial presses – large and Joan Hambidge of and small, NGOs, and writers’ organisations. Dryad Press 18 Interview with vangile gantsho, poet, healer, and co-founder of Ordering Information impepho press 20 African Books Collective Ltd Children’s Books 29 PO Box 721 Oxford OX1 9EN Recently Published 32 UK [email protected] www.africanbookscollective.com Titles are all available for immediate supply directly via the details above, from wholesalers Ingram, Gardners, Bertrams and Baker and Taylor. ABC distributed titles are available from major Library Wholesalers YBP. Individuals can also order online at: www.africanbookscollective. com or from a number of online retailers such as amazon.com. African Books Collective, as well as print editions, also distributes electronic content on behalf of publishers. eBooks in ePub format are available worldwide from a huge variety of retailers. Sign-up to receive Libraries can order over 2000 titles for their collections through either Ebrary, EBSCO, eBooks Library (EBL), JSTOR, Project MUSE, monthly new title Biblioboard, Cyberlibris and many more. In Africa the ABC collection is announcements: available to libraries through both the Baobab Books and NENA platforms. www.africanbookscollective.com Custom building collections can be done through Digitalback Books. Cover Image: vangile gantsho is a poet, healer, and co-founder of impepho press: see page 20 African Books Collective Participating Publishers Botswana South Africa Mali Republic Foundation for Education with Production, Gaborone Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria Lightbooks Publishers, Gaborone Editions Yeelen African Minds Publishers, Stellenbosch Pyramid Publishing, Gaborone African Perspectives, Johannesburg Mauritius The African Public Policy and Research Institute, Cameroon Pretoria Editions VIZAVI, Port Louis Afro-Middle East Centre, Johannesburg Department of Women & Gender Studies, Univ. of Buea University of Mauritius Press, Réduit Agency for Social Reconstruction, Johannesburg Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Botsotso Publishing, Johannesburg Group, Morocco Brenthurst Collection/Frank Horley Books, Bamenda Johannesburg Spears Media Press, Bamenda Editions du Sirocco, Casablanca Cover2Cover Books, Muizenberg Muntu Institute Press. Yaounde En toutes lettres, Casablanca Deep South, Durban Senso Unico Editions, Mohammedia Dryad Press, Cape Town Ethiopia Idasa, Cape Town Namibia Ikhwezi Afrika Publishing, East London Addis Ababa Univ. Press, Addis impepho press, Johannesburg Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa The Basler Afrika Bibliographien Johnson & KingJames Books, Cape Town Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Brookridge Publishing, Walvis Bay Mail and Guardian Books, Johannesburg Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa Reader in Namibian Sociology, Windhoek Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), Capetown University of Namibia Press, Windhoek Modjaji Books, Cape Town The Gambia NISC (Pty) Ltd, Grahamstown Nigeria Southern African Migration Project, Cape Town Educational Services, Serekunda uHlanga Press, Cape Town African Heritage Press, Lagos Umsinsi Press, Cape Town Ghana The Book Company Ltd., Lagos Books and Gavel, Lagos Swaziland Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd, Accra Book Builders, Lagos Africa Christian Press, Accra Cissus World Press, USA Academic Publishers, Mbabane Amanza, Accra Concept Publishers, Oyo State JAN Publishing Centre, Mbabane Association of African Universities, Accra CSS Ltd, Lagos TTI Publishing Ltd, Mbabane Blackmask, Accra Emotion Press, Lagos Freedom Publications, Accra Enicrownfit Publishers, Ibadan Tanzania Ghana Universities Press, Accra Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. Ltd., Enugu Sankofa Educational Publishers, Accra FrontPage Media, Lagos Dar es Salaam University Press, Dar es Salaam Sedco Publishing, Accra Handel Books, Eastern Nigeria E & D Ltd., Dar es Salaam SEM Financial Training Centre Ltd., Accra HEBN Publishers, Ibadan Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam Sub-Saharan Publishers, Accra Ibadan Cultural Studies Group, Ibadan Tanzania Educational Publishers, Bukoba United Nations University Institute for Natural Ibadan University Press, Ibadan Tanzania Publishing House, Dar es Salaam Resources, Accra Kemuela Publications, Port Harcourt Woeli Publishing Services, Accra Kraft Books, Lagos Uganda Kwara State University Press, Malete Kenya Maiyati Chambers, Lagos Fountain Publishers Ltd., Kampala Malthouse Press Ltd., Lagos FEMRITE (Uganda Women Writers’ Association), Bookmark Africa, Nairobi M & J Grand Orbit Communications, Port Harcourt Kampala Chrisley Ltd, Nairobi New Horn Press, Ibadan Pelican Publishers, Kampala East African Educational Publishers, Nairobi Niyi Osundare, Ibadan Progressive Publishing House, Kampala Focus Publications, Nairobi Obafemi Awolowo University Press, Ile Ife University of Nairobi Press, Nairobi Onyoma Research Publications, Port Harcourt Zambia LawAfrica, Nairobi Paclerd Press Limited, Ibadan Longhorn Publishers, Nairobi Progess Publishing Company, Enugu Bookworld Publishers, Lusaka Mau Mau Research Centre, Nairobi Safari Books, Ibadan Gadsden Publishers, Lusaka Mdahalo Bridging Divides, Nairobi Saros International Publishers, Port Harcourt Image Publishers, Lusaka P-J Kenya, Nairobi SCRIBO Publications, Ibadan The Lembani Trust, Zambia, Lusaka Syokimau Cultural Centre, Nairobi Spectrum Books Ltd., Ibadan Multimedia Zambia, Lusaka Twaweza Communications, Nairobi University of Lagos Press, Lagos Vita Books, Nairobi University Press Ltd., Ibadan Zimbabwe Zand Graphics, Nairobi Urhobo Historical Society, New York & Lagos Zapf Chancery Publications Africa, Limuru West African Book Publishers, Ltd, Lagos amabooks Publishers, Bulawayo Amagugu Publishers, Bulawayo Liberia Senegal Baobab Books, Harare Booklove Publishers, Gweru Cotton Tree Press, Monrovia African Renaissance, Dakar GALZ, Harare One More Book, Brooklyn