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SUMMARY:Pressing On: New Trends in African Publishing (King's/Cambridge-Af
 rica Seminar) - Nana Ayebia Clarke MBE\, Managing Director\, Ayebia Clarke
  Publishing Limited
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CONTACT:Dr Pauline Essah
DESCRIPTION:As the *first African Woman Editor* of the internationally ren
 owned *African Writers Series* (AWS) published by Heinemann Educational Bo
 oks at Oxford\, I was privileged to have access to some of the best writer
 s from the continent for 12 years as Submissions Editor. Writers published
  by the AWS included Nobel laureates and prize-winning authors _Wole Soyin
 ka\, Chinua Achebe\, Ama Ata Aidoo\, Buchi Emecheta\, Ngugi wa Thiong’o_
  et al. The Series has now become established as the canon of African lite
 rature for international studies. \n\nWhen Heinemann announced the closure
  of active publishing in the AWS in 2002\, I saw an opening for taking Afr
 ican publishing to new heights by presenting bright and innovative voices 
 from Africa and the African Diaspora to international audiences. My traini
 ng from the AWS stood me in good stead when I started Ayebia in 2003.  Aye
 bia’s mission is to publish books that will open new spaces and bring fr
 esh insights into African publishing by championing and celebrating positi
 ve images of Africa through literature. My publishing journey thus far has
  been a lesson in setting up and running an independent publishing house. 
 Today\, Ayebia has not only become firmly established as an award-winning 
 publisher of repute but a publisher collaborating with African educational
  institutions such as the University of Ghana\, Legon to publish books for
  tertiary education. In 2011 I was awarded an Honorary MBE by The Queen fo
 r services to the British publishing industry. Do visit my website: www.ay
 ebia.co.uk\, for more information.
LOCATION:Wine Room\, King's College\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TS
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