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Daraja Press is a non-profit independent book publisher based in Québec, Canada,[1] founded in 2006. It was founded by Firoze Manji,[2][3] and has been referred to as a "radical international publisher."[4]

Daraja Press states that it publishes "seeks to build bridges, especially bridges of solidarity between and amongst movements, intellectuals and those engaged in struggles for a just world."[5] “Daraja” is the KiSwahili word for “bridge.”.[6] Daraja Press is known for its human rights focused releases,[7] and also publishes children's books.[8]

It has published works by Howard Waitzkin,[9] Kali Akuno, Ajamu Nangwaya, Themrise Khan, Kanakulya Dickson, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Michael Neocosmos, Amílcar Cabral, Sylvia Tamale, Karim Hirji, Atticus Bagby-Williams, Nsambu Za Suekama, Tariq Mehmood, Íde Corely, Helen Fallon, Charles Reitz, Nnimmo Bassey, Nigel Gibson, Joe Oloka-Onyango, Amrit Wilson, Kevin B. Anderson, Ato Sekyi-Otu, Micere Githae Mugo, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and more.[10][11]

Daraja Press is a member of the Radical Publishers Alliance,[12] The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec,[13] The Radical Books Collective,[14] and the Literary Press Group of Canada.[15] They also have a partnership with Monthly Review Press where they co-release materials in Spanish.[16]

Notable Books

References

  1. ^ Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ wa (August 15, 2023). "Micere Githae Mugo: A Tribute Tortured by the police and driven into exile, Professor Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo never gave up her struggles for social justice and her belief in Utu: I am because you are". The Elephant.
  2. ^ Pradhan, Pritika (August 3, 2022). "How One Group of Global South Writers is Decolonizing Literature: Pritika Pradhan on The Radical Books Collective". Literary Hub.
  3. ^ Hudon, Roxane (June 1, 2021). "Let's Get Radical: These local publishers keep activist ideas alive in print". RQC.
  4. ^ CL (October 28, 2020). "In, Against & Beyond Corona". Churchland.
  5. ^ Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ wa (August 15, 2023). "Micere Githae Mugo: A Tribute Tortured by the police and driven into exile, Professor Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo never gave up her struggles for social justice and her belief in Utu: I am because you are". The Elephant.
  6. ^ AELAQ. "Daraja Press". The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  7. ^ Fallon, Helen (2019). "Practice and projects as a basis for academic publishing: case study from Maynooth University Library". UKSG: Insights. 32 (32): 8. doi:10.1629/uksg.481.
  8. ^ Malec, Jennifer (August 6, 2018). "Historical Fiction is a Way of Fighting Rootlessness'—ayesha Harruna Attah Discusses Her New Novel the Hundred Wells of Salaga". Johannesburg Review of Books.
  9. ^ Yamada, Seiji (November 9, 2020). "On Howard Waitzkin's Rinky-Dink Revolution". Counter Punch.
  10. ^ "Amazon.com". Amazon.
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  12. ^ RPA (5 September 2020). "Members of the Radical Publishers Alliance". Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  13. ^ AELAQ (14 February 2012). "Members of The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec". The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  14. ^ RBC. "Members of the Radical Books Collective". Radical Books Collective. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  15. ^ LPG. "Members of the Literary Press Group of Canada". Literary Press Group of Canada. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  16. ^ MRO (February 2, 2022). "Spanish translations of pamphlets / manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Press". MROnline.
  17. ^ Wold, Mike (February 6, 2019). "Book Review: 'Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi'". RCN.
  18. ^ Coetzee, Carli (24 April 2015). "FIROZE MANJI and BILL FLETCHER JR , editors, Claim No Easy Victories: the legacy of Amilcar Cabral. Dakar: CODESRIA and DARAJA Press (pb $25 – 978 2 86978 555 7). 2013, 490 pp". Africa: Cambridge University Press. 85 (2): 372–374. doi:10.1017/S000197201500011X.
  19. ^ Agozino, Biko (2019). "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: A Tribute to Walter Rodney". Africa Update. XXVI (3).
  20. ^ Dexter, Liz (March 3, 2023). "Book review – Amrit Wilson – "Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain"". Librofulltime.
  21. ^ Fallon, Helen (December 14, 2018). "The legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa at Maynooth University The publisher of the Nigerian writer and activist's last writings and the nun who smuggled them out spoke at a recent seminar". Irish Times.
  22. ^ Bierlich, Mayaluna (November 1, 2023). "Devious Frames: A review of Dark PR by Grant Ennis". Montreal Review of Books.
  23. ^ Cullen, Paul (March 24, 2024). "Ireland is subsidising 'harmful' industries that 'kill' citizens, author claims: Government should end subsidies for fossil fuels, sugar, alcohol and car industries, event in Trinity College Dublin told". Irish Times.
  24. ^ Anderson, Kevin B. (March 2, 2021). "CLASS, GENDER, RACE & COLONIALISM: THE 'INTERSECTIONALITY' OF MARX". Hampton Think.
  25. ^ Salam, Shemon (Apr 19, 2021). "The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising". Monthly Review.
  26. ^ Kepp, Paul (September 1, 2022). "Intelligence in Public Media: International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the People's War that Liberated South Africa Ronnie Kasrils, ed. (Jacana Media, 2021), 386 pages, index. Reviewed by Paul Kepp". Studies in Intelligence. 66 (3): 49–50.
  27. ^ Goodman, Amy (December 7, 2023). ""Green Colonialism": Nigerian Climate Activist Nnimmo Bassey Says Africa Is Being Sold Out at COP28". Democracy Now!.
  28. ^ Maynard, Kairo (August 23, 2022). "Book review: Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth". Dramatherapy. 42 (1–3): 78–80. doi:10.1177/02630672221119437.
  29. ^ Saab, Jade (30 October 2020). "What can the 2019 uprisings in North Africa and West Asia teach us?". Open Democracy.
  30. ^ Odhiambo, Tom (March 1, 2024). "Has neoliberalism set up education in Africa to fail?". Nation.
  31. ^ Aye, Baba (January 4, 2024). "ROAPE's 2023 best reads for African radicals". Monthly Review.
  32. ^ Guerrilla Foundation. "A Deeper Inquiry #9: Post Capitalist Philanthropy: Healing Wealth in the Time of Collapse". YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  33. ^ Knowles, Corinne (20 July 2021). "Book Reviews Decolonization and Afro-Feminism by Sylvia Tamale, Ottawa, Canada, Daraja Press, 2020, xv + 395 pp., US$34,00, softback, ISBN 9781988832494". Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39 (4). doi:10.1080/02589001.2021.1938976.
  34. ^ Carleton University (March 24, 2021). "Poets across three continents marked World Poetry Day with readings from Wreaths for A Wayfarer". Institute of African Studies.

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