History:

Headquarted in Philadelphia, United States of America, Africanist Press was established in 2002 as an independent media organization to publish commentaries on events and conditions affecting the lives of Africans around the world. We are a platform for high quality, frontline journalism on the African continent.

We focus especially on defending media freedom, exposing corruption, and promoting democracy, peace, equality, and development in Africa. In addition to our news media, Africanist Press operates an independent book publishing department that seeks to publish the work of emerging African writers, thinkers, academics, artists, and independent journalists. Our publications are circulated by more than 40,000 distribution outlets around the world including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, etc.

Main activities:

1. Provide print and online media platforms which offer independent well-researched and high quality news and information about Africa and Africa communities around the world.

2. Provide a voice and platform for the defense of press freedom, peace, and human rights across Africa.

3. Provide progressive African writers, journalists and activists with an independent publishing platform to publish, share, and report their work and views.

4. Publish articles, essays, and books which aim to diagnose and remedy the causes of the continued exploitation of the African continent.

5. To offer a publishing platform for creative writing and artwork by African scholars and academics.

6. To expose corruption, promote democracy, and advocate for economic and social equality across Africa and the world.

7. Provide African citizens and friends of Africa with access to high-quality, informative, independent coverage of the events which affect their lives through the utilization of social media to disseminate news.