PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Adopt-An-Author Program – Unearthing And Nurturing Writing Talent
PUBLISH’D AFRIKA’s Adopt-An-Author Program is aimed at identifying, unearthing and nurturing talent in the continent and the diaspora.
Each year, we identify at least three deserving writers who do not have the means to self-publish their own books. We then knock on the doors of corporates bearing begging bowls. Already, this initiative has produced authors such as Anathi Kom, Zeripah Amoni Phiri, Isaac Kanyinji Jr and Matumelo Mafoko. All four were published by PUBLISH’D AFRIKA’s Adopt-An-Author Program.
Zeripah’s book, I Am Also A Woman, was published with the support of Moripe Group, a mining company based in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, while Through The Silent Tsunami, by North-West based author Matumelo Mafoko, was wholly published by PUBLISH’D AFRIKA. Anathi Kom’s poetry collection, A Tree Of Life, was a collaboration between PUBLISH’D AFRIKA and the University of Fort Hare.
Isaac Kanyinji Jr, an author based in Zambia, was unearthed through the PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Short Story Competition. His story, which won the PUBLISHER’S CHOICE Award in 2022, sparked PUBLISH’D AFRIKA co-founder Sukoluhle Nontokozo Mdlongwa’s attention. It turned out the author already had a body of work that had been gathering dust. The rest is history.
This year, the Adopt-An-Author Program has already hit the ground running, with the publication of co-authors Oarabile Oepeng and Obakeng Theophillus Boatlwaeng’s book, From A Strict Teacher To A Street Teacher. Based in Kuruman, in the Northern Cape, the pair’s book was partly funded by Lehlogonolo Mantshidi of 2C-MAJ. We will soon be publishing a Zulu book titled Angixoli Angixolisi, by Sizwe Nyembe.
Unfortunately, no unsolicited manuscripts would be accepted for the Adopt-An-Author Program. The publisher reserves the right to identify the deserving authors independently.
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