New Book- Science and Spirituality

16.10.2014

This is a new book we sent to African Books Collective (http://www.africanbookscollective.com/).

New Book- Mora

10.10.2014

Today we have sent to African Books Collective (http://www.africanbookscollective.com/) another book:

We are not alone at Mzuni Press

Posted 8.10.2014

Mzuni Press is neither new nor alone. The work we do here is the sequence of the work which we did in Zomba from 1995 till 2007: The Kachere Series. http://kachereseries.luviri.net/
The Kachere Series has produced over those years about 150 titles, from small brochures to big monographs. The remit was to produce books (and journals) on “Religion, Culture and Society from Malawi.” A list of Kachere Books available at African Books Collective can be found here: http://www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/kachere-series Since I left Zomba, the Kachere Series has continued to publish, and when a new book comes out, we will include it in this blog. After all, Kachere is our Big Sister. Below is the latest book from Kachere:

African Books Collective
Local publishers in Africa all have the problem of how to reach the international market. Since over 15 years this burden has been taken away from us as by the African Books Collective: http://www.africanbookscollective.com/ & orders@africanbookscollective.com. The books there are printed as Print on Demand. This means that the books are printed one copy at a time. To make this possible the printer uses toner instead of ink. And if Print on Demand sound like something temporary or simple, do look at the books and you will see the beauty.
Below is the list of Mzuni Press books that are available as Print on Demand books from African Books Collective:
http://www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mzuni-press
To complete the picture, below is one title published by Mzuni Press that is not available as Print on Demand:

Mzuzu University
Mzuni Press is related to Mzuzu University, which supports the work. http://www.mzuni.ac.mw/

Mzuni Press: The Idea

2.10.2014

At the core of any university is knowledge. Research is there to generate knowledge, the lecturers are there to teach it, and the students, hopefully, will learn it all.

Here Mzuni Press comes in, because publishing binds them all together.
Students need textbooks, students need many other books, lecturers should not only do research but also publish it, and when books are easily available, a university will profit.
The opinion is common that academic books must be produced in England, America, or, occasionally, in India or Germany. That is fine, but what about Africa?
There is, of course, academic publishing in South Africa, but Malawi? Yes, Malawi must make its own contribution. And I don’t mind if people say: “Malawi has no reading culture.” Have they ever tried?
Mzuni Press has no commercial aims, and it is sustained by the love and the efforts of authors and researchers, lecturers and students, both postgraduate and undergraduate. And so we invite you to participate.
We believe that we have something to contribute to the world of knowledge, and maybe you are interested. In the next post I will portray the books we have published so far.

Enough for today,
Klaus Fiedler