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The [http://www.kenyaliteraturebureau.com/ Kenya Literture Bureau] (KLB)is a publishing house and state corporation in Kenya founded in 1947. It is located in South-C off Popo Road.
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The '''Kenya Literature Bureau''' ('''KLB''') is a [[publishing house]] and [[state corporation]] in [[Kenya]] founded in 1947. It is located in South-C off Popo Road in [[Nairobi]].


==History==
==History==
The Kenya Literature Bureau was initially established by the "East Africa governments (Kenya, [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]])"<ref>Henry Chakava, [https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004283534/B9789004283534_005.xml "Private enterprise publishing in Kenya: A long struggle for emancipation"], in: ''The Cottage by the Highway and Other Essays on Publishing: 25 Years of Logos'', Brill, 2015, p. 32. Retrieved 10 May 2022</ref> in 1947 as the '''East African Literature Bureau''' as an "offshoot" of the missionary-owned Ndia Kuu Press in order to publish books for the general public in [[Kiswahili]], [[East African vernacular languages]] and [[English language|English]].<ref>Stanley Gazemba, [https://www.theelephant.info/culture/2019/12/13/african-publishing-minefields-and-the-woes-of-the-african-writer/ African Publishing Minefields and the Woes of the African Writer], theelephant.info. Retrieved 10 May 2022.</ref><ref name="Kenya Hansard">{{cite book|title=Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x1SHxxWwrAC&pg=PA809-IA1|accessdate=18 November 2012|volume=LII|year=1980|publisher=Republic of Kenya|pages=811–14|chapter=The Kenya Literature Bureau Bill, 13th May 1980}}</ref> The Bureau's first director was Charles Granston Richards, who held that post for fifteen years.<ref>Keith Smith and Charles Richards, [https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/abpr.1976.2.3.161/pdf "Interview"], ''The African Book Publishing Record'', print: Volume 2 Issue 3, Walter de Gruyter, 1976; online: De Gruyter Saur, November 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.</ref><ref>[https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/f7c79792-b5f2-3147-8327-ad31c98f2b65 Papers of Charles Granston Richards], archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref>
KLB was initially established by the British High Commission in 1947 as the East African Literature Bureau. This regional status continued after independence with the establishment of the East African Community (EAC). However, in 1977, the EAC collapsed and the reins of the bureau were transferred to the Kenyan Ministry of Education thereby making it a department under that ministry. In 1980, the KLB Act was passed by the Kenyan parliament making it a state corporation—a status it holds to this day.


The regional status continued after independence with the establishment of the [[East African Community]] (EAC). In the early 1970s the Bureau published many pioneering anthologies of English-language poetry from East Africa:
{{quote|It is significant of East African writers' indifference to political boundaries that such anthologies were all compiled, without a single exception, on an inter-territorial basis, with Kenya and Uganda supplying the greater part of the material. They [were] often multiracial as well, incorporating contributions by European and Asian writers.<ref name="Gérard1986">{{cite book|author=Albert S. Gérard|author-link=Albert S. Gérard|title=European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6PrqVKaZtgC&pg=PA913|accessdate=18 November 2012|year=1986|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|isbn=978-963-05-3834-3|page=913}}</ref>}} However, in 1977, the EAC collapsed and the reins of the bureau were transferred to the Kenyan Ministry of Education thereby making it a department under that ministry. In 1980, the KLB Act was passed by the [[Kenyan Parliament]] making it a state corporation—a status it holds to this day.<ref name="Kenya Hansard"/>


==Book series==
* Early Travellers in East Africa<ref>[https://www.publishinghistory.com/early-travellers-in-east-africa-ealb.html Early Travellers in East Africa (East African Literature Bureau; Kenya Literature Bureau) - Book Series List], publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.</ref>


==References==
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[[Category:Companies of Kenya]]

==Further reading==
* Shiraz Durrani, ''Never Be Silent: Publishing and Imperialism 1884-1963'', Nairobi: Vita Books, 2006.

==External links==
* [http://www.kenyaliteraturebureau.com/ Kenya Literature Bureau] - official website


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Latest revision as of 21:44, 12 September 2022

Kenya Literature Bureau
FormerlyEast African Literature Bureau
Company typeState owned corporation
IndustryPublishing house
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
FounderBritish High Commission
Headquarters
Nairobi
,
Kenya
Websitekenyaliteraturebureau.com

The Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB) is a publishing house and state corporation in Kenya founded in 1947. It is located in South-C off Popo Road in Nairobi.

History[edit]

The Kenya Literature Bureau was initially established by the "East Africa governments (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda)"[1] in 1947 as the East African Literature Bureau as an "offshoot" of the missionary-owned Ndia Kuu Press in order to publish books for the general public in Kiswahili, East African vernacular languages and English.[2][3] The Bureau's first director was Charles Granston Richards, who held that post for fifteen years.[4][5]

The regional status continued after independence with the establishment of the East African Community (EAC). In the early 1970s the Bureau published many pioneering anthologies of English-language poetry from East Africa:

It is significant of East African writers' indifference to political boundaries that such anthologies were all compiled, without a single exception, on an inter-territorial basis, with Kenya and Uganda supplying the greater part of the material. They [were] often multiracial as well, incorporating contributions by European and Asian writers.[6]

However, in 1977, the EAC collapsed and the reins of the bureau were transferred to the Kenyan Ministry of Education thereby making it a department under that ministry. In 1980, the KLB Act was passed by the Kenyan Parliament making it a state corporation—a status it holds to this day.[3]

Book series[edit]

  • Early Travellers in East Africa[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Henry Chakava, "Private enterprise publishing in Kenya: A long struggle for emancipation", in: The Cottage by the Highway and Other Essays on Publishing: 25 Years of Logos, Brill, 2015, p. 32. Retrieved 10 May 2022
  2. ^ Stanley Gazemba, African Publishing Minefields and the Woes of the African Writer, theelephant.info. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The Kenya Literature Bureau Bill, 13th May 1980". Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard). Vol. LII. Republic of Kenya. 1980. pp. 811–14. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ Keith Smith and Charles Richards, "Interview", The African Book Publishing Record, print: Volume 2 Issue 3, Walter de Gruyter, 1976; online: De Gruyter Saur, November 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  5. ^ Papers of Charles Granston Richards, archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ Albert S. Gérard (1986). European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 913. ISBN 978-963-05-3834-3. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ^ Early Travellers in East Africa (East African Literature Bureau; Kenya Literature Bureau) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Shiraz Durrani, Never Be Silent: Publishing and Imperialism 1884-1963, Nairobi: Vita Books, 2006.

External links[edit]


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