Amplifying the voices of African authors.
Ssali Publishing House — amplifying the voices of African authors

WELCOME TO THE SSALI BOOKSHOP

Your next great read
begins here.

Lives to discover. Ideas that stay with you.
Step into the stories of African authors.

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THE SSALI COLLECTION

A world of stories. Yours to discover.

PLO Lumumba speakingKENYA / PLO LUMUMBA

THE PUBLIC VOICE. THE WRITTEN WORD.

Listen to him.
Read him.
Carry the thought.

Lawyer. Pan-African thinker. A voice that travels across generations. Discover the ideas behind the speeches in PLO Lumumba’s books.

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Africa Arise · Volume I coverPolitics & ideasAfrica Arise · Volume IDiscover the bookQuotable Quotes & Reflections coverPolitics & ideasQuotable Quotes & ReflectionsDiscover the book

SSALI PUBLISHING HOUSE / OUR CONTINUING STORY

One house.
Many ways to belong.

Rose Ssali brings storytellers, scholars and public voices into the same company. A child’s first book belongs here. So does a lifetime of thought.

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Rose Ssali and PLO Lumumba together in front of bookshelves
Rose Ssali, Chief Editor & CEO, with PLO Lumumba, Chair of the Editorial Board.
Fiction & lived experienceScholarship & public lifeEmerging & established voicesExplore authors by country

ACROSS COUNTRIES. ACROSS GENERATIONS.

Brilliance has
more than one beginning.

Meet two Zimbabwean authors bringing very different lives to the page.

ZIMBABWE / SHACKY TIMBURWA

Enterprise.
Public life.
The next chapter.

Forbes Africa 30 Under 30, 2021
Member of Parliament, Chegutu West

From building businesses to debating a country’s future, Shacky’s work asks what leadership can make possible. The Wisdom State brings that ambition to the bookshelf.

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The Wisdom State coverPolitics & ideasThe Wisdom StateExplore the book & executive collection
Shacky Timburwa at his desk with an open notebook
Shacky Timburwa, author of The Wisdom State.
Tadiswa Prayer Mavindidze speaking at the launch of I Am HisTadiswa receiving her Young Authors’ Ambassador certificate at her book launch

ZIMBABWE / TADISWA PRAYER MAVINDIDZE

A small voice.
A remarkable beginning.

Author of I Am His
Ssali’s Young Authors’ Ambassador

Nine years old at her 2026 launch, Tadiswa put her faith into words for other young readers. Now her first book opens a door for the next generation to imagine themselves as authors, too.

I Am His coverChildren’s booksI Am HisBring her story home
Discover I Am HisHer story & recognition
Muthangari Close Moms by Rose Ssali

ROSE SSALI / NEW TO OUR SHELF

Come closer.
There’s a story
behind every door.

Ten families. A gazebo beneath the jacarandas. Lives brought together by a neighbourhood—and the changes that test it.

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THE STORY ROOM · BOOK TRAILERS

Before the first page,
feel the story.

Two stories. Two invitations.
Press play and step inside.

Esther Wanjiru Waweru

A Life Gracefully Reshaped

THE SSALI COLLECTION · LEADING VOICES FIRST

The bookshelf.

Print editions from African voices.
Discover leading voices, then explore the wider collection.

Prices are shown where confirmed. Please enquire for editions without a listed price.

Our books are also available at Nuria Bookshop.

Two books for now. A little credit for the next.

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BEYOND THE BOOK / BEGIN WITH THE BOOK

Give a little
of their world.

Discover the author collections.

PLO Lumumba collection

PLO Lumumba

Signed books, reflection gifts & the slogan collection

Explore the collectionShacky Timburwa collection

Shacky Timburwa

The Wisdom State · Statesman Edition

Explore the collectionRose Ssali collection

Rose Ssali

Books, reading candles & practical floral pieces

Explore the collectionDr Rukia Atikiya collection

Dr Rukia Atikiya

The learning circle · books & useful writing companions

Explore the collectionTadiswa Prayer Mavindidze collection

Tadiswa Prayer Mavindidze

Character colouring & her own writing case

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PAGES

In the company
of authors.

Memoirists. Poets. Scholars.
Meet the people behind our books.

Rose SsaliAUTHOR, CHIEF EDITOR & CEO

Rose Ssali

Explore their work Shacky TimburwaZimbabwe · POLITICS & IDEAS

Shacky Timburwa

Explore their work PLO LumumbaKenya · LAW, PUBLIC LIFE & AFRICAN THOUGHT

PLO Lumumba

Explore their work

An introduction
is only the beginning.

Step into the Authors’ Room
WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE

An independent house.
An African perspective.

Meet the people and purpose behind Ssali Publishing House.

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My gratitude extends to Rose and the team at Ssali Publishing House for their magnanimity and imagination in embracing my vision.
Eugene Skeef · Author

A YEAR AT THE READING TABLE

The Ssali Letter.

Newsletters, reading notes and ideas to carry into your next conversation. KSh 100 for twelve months.

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AFRICAN PUBLISHING / OPEN POSSIBILITIES

Your book belongs in the conversation.

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BEFORE YOU GO / WRITE TO US

You came for a story.
What if you left us one?

A memory. A poem. A thought a book left behind.
Our writing desk is open. Pull up a chair.

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Dear passing stranger,

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It is waiting for you.

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