{"id":372,"date":"2026-05-22T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afronautpress.com\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:25:15","slug":"372-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afronautpress.com\/index.php\/372-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Afronaut Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center wp-duotone-rgb43050-12121291-1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:840px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-123 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/afronautpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jacarandas.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-8d0c7b3b wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/afronautpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP_sq.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dabe1555 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">We publish fiction, non-fiction, and children\u2019s books designed for the realities of how people read, learn, and access information in African communities today &#8211; 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Storytelling on this continent predates the printing press by centuries, and publishers across Africa have been doing vital work for generations.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-montserrat-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But the wider industry &#8211; distribution, discoverability, digital access, and international rights &#8211; still hasn\u2019t fully caught up. Too many important African stories do not travel far enough, and too many readers, both on the continent and beyond, still struggle to access books that reflect their realities, languages, and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-montserrat-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We believe publishing today must think not only about books themselves, but about how stories are discovered, shared, understood, and carried across different reading environments..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" src=\"https:\/\/afronautpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4270300-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f78da8b0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-45042c2e wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76139229 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8b6e3f6f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-annotation has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da91f6d3ad0ed619f450372a754dea90\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family wp-elements-00f1e7290cebcd96ad547b69142210fe\">We work within the African publishing ecosystem &#8211; adapting, co-publishing, creating, and distributing stories that deserve a wider audience.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family wp-elements-e89f3d3b02a52f9bf2a5274d5a308bfa wp-block-paragraph\">Our approach combines publishing, storytelling, illustration, and communication design to create books that are culturally grounded, emotionally resonant, and accessible across different audiences and contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We imagine readers in Lagos, Nairobi, Harare, or London picking up a book and recognising something deeply familiar: their neighbourhood, their family, their language, their humour, their world. 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We offer fiction, non-fiction and children\u2019s titles rooted in African cultures with new titles added regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-size:clamp(15.747px, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.938), 24px);line-height:1.3\"><strong>For Partners<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building a programme that needs to work in the real world? 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