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James Currey is the leading imprint of academic books on Africa. It publishes on a full spectrum of topics—including anthropology, archaeology, history, politics, economics, development studies, gender studies, literature, theatre, film studies, and the humanities and social sciences generally—and its authors include leading names such as Bethwell Ogot and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. == History == Named after its founder, the company was established in 1984 when James Currey, originally from South Africa, left his position at Heinemann Educational Books to set up an Africa-focused publisher. At Heinemann, working with Chinua Achebe, Currey had spent more than a decade pioneering Heinemann's African Writers Series, the set of volumes that was a crucial factor in expanding the reach of African literature after World War II, particularly in English.〔.〕〔: "Heinemann Press () entered Africa's literary sphere in 1958, when it published Chinua Achebe's classic and best-selling ''Things Fall Apart'', the book that gave birth to modern African literature. This publication not only set the foundation for the African literary canon but also provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series, which started in 1962, with Achebe as its editorial advisor."〕〔.〕 Currey cut his publishing teeth at the Cape Town outpost of Oxford University Press, as well as by spending time moonlighting for ''The New African'', a liberal publication he followed into exile in London when it was stamped on by the Apartheid authorities in 1964.〔: "''The New African'' was published in Cape Town from 1961 to 1964 and, in exile in London, from 1965 to 1967. I suggested the name in reflection of the left-wing London journal ''The New Statesman'', which influenced our group of young members of the South African Liberal Party. Our editorial policy was that we were interested in work on Africa in general and in South Africa in particular. Exciting things were happening to the north which were an antidote to the frustrations of South Africa."〕〔.〕 In 1986, speaking at a Royal African Society symposium on the state of publishing in Africa, Currey described what he called "an academic book famine", down in part to the profit-driven reaction of the head offices of the big publishing houses, like Heinemann and Longman, to negative economic developments on the continent during previous years. Currey spoke with pride of how small publishers like James Currey were the ones who picked up the slack as best they were able.〔.〕 To ensure high quality and global reach, while maintaining accessibility for African students, he said that As will be familiar to readers of its East African Studies series, for example, that James Currey has had just such a long-running three-continent effort shared between itself, Heinemann Kenya, and Ohio University Press. This co-publishing approach has continued since 2008, when James Currey became an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Currey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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