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Best African Children's Publisher
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  • About Us

    African Bureau Stories is a children's publishing house that produces delightful children's books by African writers and illustrators. Our stories are fun, relatable and entertaining. We make our books with a team of talented African writers and illustrators who pour a lot of heart into each of our titles. From Ghana, to Tanzania to South Africa, we bring contemporary stories from across the African continent. Our goal is to delight our readers and take them on a journey into a world of stories too good to forget.


    Our physical location is in Accra, Ghana, and from here we spread our tentacles across the entire African continent and the world to find and publish the very best African stories for children everywhere. Our sister organization, Golden Baobab, is a literary non profit organization that discovers, nurtures and celebrates talented African writers and illustrators of children’s stories.

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    At African Bureau Stories we believe it is possible to build a profitable business while doing good. We pursue this mission by building partnerships with individuals and companies who believe, like us, that giving a child the gift of reading is handing the child a life-changing tool. Every child deserves this gift.

     

    We are deeply committed to the battle against childhood illiteracy in Africa. We believe in the power of storybooks to show children around the world the fullness and beauty of different cultures.

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    Bahiya The Little Zebra
    $12.75
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    Grandma's List
    $12.75
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    A Monster at Midnight
    $9.97
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    The Daring Duo #1: 179 Jabulani Street
    $9.97
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    We Ship Worldwide  If purchase request is from Ghana, place the order via WhatsApp to our team: +233-55-8703417. Ghana orders are priced in GHS with nationwide delivery available at a fee

    Grandma's List

    Grandma's List

    $15.00
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    A Monster at Midnight

    A Monster at Midnight

    $10.00
    Phila is not happy that she has to spend her holidays in her grandma's village. It's too far from her best friends and she is trapped with her annoying brother and sister. When she hears the story of Bro. E, a strange tale the young children of the village tell to scare and taunt, she has no idea about the thrilling adventure ahead. A monster is coming at midnight, RUN, PHILA, RUN!
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    The Daring Duo 1: 179 Jabulani Street

    The Daring Duo 1: 179 Jabulani Street

    $10.00
    It all started with a pink jacket, a key and a scribbled note... When Jama and Ufulu bump into each other near a suspicious-looking house in Yeoville, they don’t realize that this will be the beginning of a friendship full of adventures. A new team is born … and they are ready to find out what is really going on at the mysterious 179 Jabulani Street!
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    Bahiya, the Little Zebra

    Picture Book
    By Nahida Esmail
    Illustrator: Randa Abubakr
    Release Date: September 2019


    Even though Bahiya is one of the most beautiful zebras in the Serengeti, she doesn’t want to be striped like all the others. When she finds a solution to her problem, she knows that her friend, the Hippo, can help. However, the little zebra returns home and no one seems to appreciate her unique new look. Will Bahiya realise how beautiful she is and accept her own stripes?

  • THE STORYTELLERS

    The writers and illustrators who weave the tales you love

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    Portia Dery

    Ghana

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    Toby Newsome

    South Africa

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    Setor Fiadzigbey

    Ghana

    Illustrator

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    Karen Hurt

    South Africa

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    Bontle Senne

    South Africa

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    Segun Samson

    Nigeria

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    Randa Abubakr

    Egypt

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    Nahida Esmail

    Tanzania

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  • Q & A

    What is the process for authors to submit manuscripts and illustrators to submit portfolios for African Bureau's consideration?

    We are currently not reviewing manuscripts. When we are, we will post a call for submissions on our website and social media pages. Do check back often.

    How can illustrators to submit portfolios for African Bureau's consideration?

    Send us samples of your work so we may consider possibilities of working together on upcoming books. To do this, send an email with the portfolio attached to hello@africanbureau.com. Subject: Illustration Portfolio. We are unfortunately unable to acknowledge individual emails but will reach out if we can work with you.

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