Ayebia Clarke Publishing

Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd established in 2003 by Becky Nana Ayebia Clarke (former Submissions Editor of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series at Oxford) is an Oxfordshire-based, award-winning publisher specializing in quality African and Caribbean writing. Ayebia books target universities, colleges and schools worldwide who require authentic prize-winning texts for their curriculum and course reading lists in African & Postcolonial Studies as well as readers who are interested in exploring quality literature from another perspective. Ayebia’s mission is to publish books that open new spaces and bring fresh insights into African and Caribbean life, culture and literature in a way that will enlighten, stimulate and entertain. Our publications include poetry, novels, short-stories, critical essays, biographies, memoirs, economic histories, and a bilingual Akan/English dictionary. Our best-selling titles include Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga - winner of the 1986 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and African Love Stories: An Anthology edited by Ama Ata Aidoo - winner of the 2007 Caine Prize for African Short Story writing with Monica Arac de Nyeko’s short story, “Jambula Tree” and the Aidoo/Snyder 1st Prize in Africa Studies (US) in 2008. Visit our website at www.ayebia.co.uk to download our 10th Anniversary e-catalogue and for more information on our publications, reviews, news, events and forthcoming titles.