On 17th September, 2008, East African Educational Publishers launched Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series & the Launch of African Literature at the newly refurbished National Museums of Kenya.

The book, which has been written by James Currey and published by his self-titled publishing firm, James Currey Ltd, was launched at the Hall of Kenya gallery in the new wing of the Museum.

Africa Writes Back captures the energy of literary publishing in a new and undefined field. Portraits of the leading characters and the many consultants and readers providing reports and advice to new and established writers make Africa Writes Back to stand out. James Currey's voice and insights are an added bonus.

James Currey was the Editorial Director at Heinemann Educational Books in charge of the African Writers Series from 1967 to 1984. This period saw the coming to birth and flowering of writing in Africa and obviously provided a foundation for modern creative writing in Africa.

 East African Educational Publishers has for some time now partnered with James Currey Ltd for co-publication of various titles and distribution of all James Currey Publications in Kenya. EAEP is thus proud to make the book locally available to literary enthusiasts in Kenya.

Be the first to get a copy of this much-anticipated, comprehensive book that analytically demystifies the renowned African Writers Series.

The contents of the book include:

- A Chronology of the African Writers Series
- The Conspirators
- INTRODUCTION
- The Establishment of African Literature
- Publishing Chinua Achebe
- WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA Nigeria
- The country where so much started
- Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun
- The Magical Mystery of Ghana, Sierra Leone & the Gambia
- WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA
- Towards the Oral & the Popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania
- Publishing Ngugi
- Publishing Nuruddin Farah
- Ethiopian Emperors Past & Present
- WRITERS OF RESISTANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
- Publishing Alex la Guma, Dennis Brutus, Bessie Head & Masizi Kunene
- WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN
- Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique & Angola
- The Struggle to become Zimbabweans
- Publishing Dambudzo Marechera
- Zambia Shall be Free
- Death & Detention in Malawi
- ARAB AUTHORS.

The Book's Kenyan price is Ksh. 1450, Click here to order your Copy.

Children Story books
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Kiswahili books
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Autobiographies
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Kiswahili Dictionaries
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African Literature
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Literary Criticism
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Poets From Africa
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Drama & Plays
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History Books
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Religious Studies
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Kenyan Cookery books
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African Languages
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Safari Books
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Kenyan Wall Maps
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Comics
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Philosphy
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Anthropology
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Primary Text books - Kenyan Syllabus
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Secondary Text Books - Kenyan Syllabus
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Charts
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P.T.E College Books

My Life in Crime
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A Grain of Wheat
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Arrow of God
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Things Fall Apart
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A Man of the People
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Song of Lawino
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Vipuli vya Figo
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Wema Hawajazaliwa
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Walenisi
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