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TSEHAI Publishers is an independent, academic press based at
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It has various imprints, and is run by its founder, exiled Ethiopian journalist and publisher Elias Wondimu.


History

Wondimu founded TSEHAI Publishers in 1997. Their first book was published in 1998 and from then to 2001, he ran the company while also working full-time, as managing editor of the
Ethiopian Review ''Ethiopian Review'' is an Ethiopian news and opinion journal published in English and Amharic. History The Ethiopian Review was launched in 1991 by Hailu Indashaw, publisher, and Elias Kifle, editor. In 1995, Elias Kifle became publisher, and E ...
and for UCLA-based Chicano journal
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. In 2001, Elias left
Aztlán Aztlán (from nah, Astlan, ) is the ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. '' Astekah'' is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan". Aztlan is mentioned in several ethnohistorical sources dating from the colonial period, and while they each cite ...
to run TSEHAI full-time. Since then, TSEHAI has published over one hundred books, started academic journals available on JSTOR, and founded five imprints. In 2002, TSEHAI launched its first imprint, the African Academic Press, to fill the void left when
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ceased publishing its famous
African Writers Series The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians. Published by Heinemann (publisher), Heinemann, 359 books appeared in the series between 1962 and 2003. The series has provided an int ...
. In 2007, TSEHAI moved its headquarters to Marymount Institute, at
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...
in
Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. Together, Wondimu and Marymount Institute Director Dr. Theresia de Vroom founded Marymount Institute Press, an imprint dedicated to upholding the tenets of the Marian tradition, and has a particular commitment to issues that concern women and spirituality of all traditions. In August 2013, TSEHAI Publishers launched a new venture, Tsehai Films, a production company through which it plans to release documentary films exploring subjects such as media bias and perceptions of
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. Tsehai Films released two short films on Vimeo in 2013, one exploring photographer Robert Radin's philosophies on art and life, the other looking at the way in which English scholars
Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
and Rita] Sylvia Pankhurst, Pankhurst made Ethiopia their home. In 2015, TSEHAI launched its third and fourth imprints, CherekaAmharic for "moon" Books, which focuses on publishing literature for children, and Fanos Books which is for self-sponsored books. In 2016, the Harriet Tubman Press was created.


Imprints

TSEHAI Publishers has five imprints which each publishes books on distinct perspectives of the human experience and cater to specific audiences. The African Academic Press, Marymount Institute Press, Harriet Tubman Press, and Chereka Books are their four most predominant imprints.


African Academic Press

In 2002,
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, the leading publisher of African literature, ceased to publish its famous
African Writers Series The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians. Published by Heinemann (publisher), Heinemann, 359 books appeared in the series between 1962 and 2003. The series has provided an int ...
. In a time when the publishing industry was consolidating, TSEHAI stepped up to fill this void in a small way. In the past several years, TSEHAI and the AAP have published Nobel Laureate
Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...
, Paul Zeleza,
Bahru Zewde Bahru Zewde (born 1947 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian historian and author. He writes extensively about modern Ethiopian history (1855 to the present) and is now an emeritus professor at Addis Ababa University where he once served as the Head of t ...
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Richard Pankhurst Richard Marsden Pankhurst (1834 – 5 July 1898) was an English barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of women's rights. Early life Richard Pankhurst was the son of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1806–1873) and Margaret Marsden (180 ...
, as well as many leading scholars. The IJES and EJRS are published under the AAP imprint.


Marymount Institute Press

In 2001, TSEHAI founder Elias Wondimu left the UCLA-based journal of Chicano studies ''
Aztlán Aztlán (from nah, Astlan, ) is the ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. '' Astekah'' is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan". Aztlan is mentioned in several ethnohistorical sources dating from the colonial period, and while they each cite ...
'' to run TSEHAI full-time. A few years later, in 2007, TSEHAI relocated to
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...
. In his work with the Marymount Institute, Elias and the Marymount Institute's Director Professor Theresia de Vroom co-founded Loyola Marymount's first academic press, an imprint of TSEHAI. The press has published a number of books, collections, and plays.


Harriet Tubman Press

Harriet Tubman Press is the newest imprint for TSEHAI.


Chereka Books

This imprint of TSEHAI focuses on publishing literature for children.


Academic Journals


International Journal of Ethiopian Studies

TSEHAI Publishers’ International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (IJES) is a bi-annual publication containing scholarship on Ethiopian history, culture, politics, and more. The journal contains new scholarship in English and Amharic, as well as newly translated pieces, poetry, important government documents, and other relevant pieces. IJES was the first academic journal to be started by an Ethiopian institution outside of Ethiopia.


Ethiopian Journal of Religious Studies

An imprint of TSEHAI Publishers, the African Academic Press publishes the Ethiopian Journal of Religious Studies (EJRS) yearly, with 2017 being its inaugural issue. Launched in 2013, the EJRS is committed to multidisciplinary scholarly studies of Ethiopian religious practices, beliefs and institutions, their relations with each other, their roles in Ethiopian history past and present, their interactions with their milieu, their contributions to Ethiopia's cultural life and creativity, and their part in the development of Ethiopia.


Publications

TSEHAI Publishers releases new books and re-publishes rare, out-of-print, and hard-to-find volumes of some significance. The press publishes a few new volumes each year, ranging in nature from biographies to history, political volumes, and memoirs. Additionally, TSEHAI publishes books in categories such as arts & photography, literature & fiction, public health, poetry, religion & spirituality, and travel. The press and its subsequent imprints continue to publish new books that appear on its website when available. The press has also republished numerous out-of-print or hard-to-find books of some importance to Ethiopian or
African studies African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography ...
, including
Richard Pankhurst Richard Marsden Pankhurst (1834 – 5 July 1898) was an English barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of women's rights. Early life Richard Pankhurst was the son of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1806–1873) and Margaret Marsden (180 ...
's canonical ''Economic History of Ethiopia (1800 – 1935)'' and
Donald N. Levine Donald Nathan Levine (June 16, 1931 – April 4, 2015) was an American sociologist, educator, social theorist and writer. He was a central figure in Ethiopian Studies. Within sociology, he is perhaps best known for his work in sociological the ...
's ''Wax & Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture''.


References

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