English was imposed as Nigeria’s official language, but the British had no way of controlling what people did with it.
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A visit to a campus bookstore reveals layers of history about Nigeria.
Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets and their work.
A new generation has been disrupting traditional publishing using new technologies and marketing methods.
Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
Dozens of young writers were published first at Weaver Press, which believed in fiction as a way of telling the truth.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
Wits University Press is one of only 15 active university publishers in Africa – crucial for scholarship about the continent.
