Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd (MNP) is a book publishing company that was founded in 1981 in response to the general absence of independent scholarly publishing in

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. 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 Swahili, also known by its local name , is the native language of the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent litoral islands). It is a Bantu language, though Swahili ...

. It also translates literature into Kiswahili, including

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ; 29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of s ...

's ''

Le Petit Prince ''The Little Prince'' (french: Le Petit Prince, ) is a novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 and ...

'' from its original French. Mkuki na Nyota is a member of th
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 th
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 A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

to promote reading and education in

, for example, wit
Newton Tanzania

References

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External links

Mkuki na Nyota Official Website
1991 establishments in Tanzania Academic publishing companies Communications in Tanzania Companies of Tanzania Publishing companies established in 1991