A story of a publishing enterprise. It also tells the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter half of the twentieth century. North America: Ohio U Press; Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers; South Africa: Wits U Press; Nigeria: HEBN; Kenya: EAEP; Zimbabwe: Weaver Press.

Publishing and selling the African Writers SeriesThe African Writers Series Portfolio & George Hallett's coversMain dates for the African Writers SeriesINTRODUCTION: The establishment of African LiteraturePublishing Chinua Achebe1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICANigeria: The country where so much startedNegritude from Senegal to CamerounMagic & realism from Ghana, The Gambia & Sierra Leone2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICATowards the oral & the popular in Kenya, Uganda & TanzaniaPublishing Ngugi3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN & NORTH-EASTERN AFRICAEmperors in EthiopiaPublishing Nuruddin FarahArab authors in Egypt & Sudan4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICAResistance in South AfricaPublishing Alex la GumaPublishing Dennis BrutusPublishing Bessie HeadPublishing Masizi Kunene5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICANGuns & Guerrillas in Mozambique &AngolaZambia Shall be FreeDeath & detention in MalawiThe struggle to become ZimbabwePublishing Dambudzo MarecheraCONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?