Publication types Books Founder Walter Bgoya Country of origin Tanzania | Official website www.mkukinanyota.com Founded 1991 | |
Nonfiction topics Politics, economics, gender studies, development studies, children Headquarters locations Samora Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd (MNP) is a book publishing company that was founded in 1991 in response to the general absence of independent scholarly publishing in Tanzania. It researches, creates, publishes, markets and sells general books, children’s books, trade books and educational books. Books are published in both English and Kiswahili. It also translates literature into Kiswahili, including Le Petit Prince from its original French.
Mkuki na Nyota is a member of the African Books Collective, a collective owned and governed by a group of African publishers.
Partnerships
Mkuki na Nyota has published books for and in conjunction with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Research on Democracy in Tanzania (REDET). Mkuki na Nyota has partnered with Non-governmental organisations to promote reading and education in Tanzania, for example, with Newton Tanzania.