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James Currey, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer since 2008, has long been recognized as the leading imprint of academic books on Africa.
Founded in 1984, when James Currey left Heinemann Educational Books, this independent imprint continued his personal engagement in African publishing, which began with his first job at Oxford University Press, Cape Town, and continued through his role as publisher of the Heinemann African Writers series (an account of those exciting years can be found in his book, Africa Writes Back, available in the UK from Boydell & Brewer).
We specialize in publishing research carried out across the African continent, particularly in the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Development Studies, Gender Studies, History, Literary Criticism, Politics, Theatre and Film Studies, and the Humanities and Social Sciences generally. We are well known for our long-standing series on Eastern Africa and African Issues, our comprehensive Readings in series (in association with the International African Institute), our annual volumes of African Literature Today and African Theatre, and numerous single authored books and edited collections.
Please note, we do not publish personal memoirs, reminiscences, or autobiographies.
We are dedicated to distributing books about Africa in Africa and have long been noted for marketing our titles through a network of African co-publishers. This policy continues with Boydell & Brewer, using the same network of publishers as well as new marketing strategies.
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