Editing Small press (section)

==== Kenya ====
The 1960s marked a significant period for small presses in Kenya following the country’s [[History of Kenya|independence from Britain in 1963]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Mwangi |first=Macharia |date=2021-05-04 |title=Nexus/Busara and the rise of modern Kenyan literature |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316 |journal=Social Dynamics |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=228 |doi=10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316 |issn=0253-3952|url-access=subscription }}</ref> During this period and into the 1970s, small press publications played a crucial role in reflecting social and political trends such as urban corruption and the legacy of colonial rule.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bardolph |first=Jacqueline |title=The Writing of East and Central Africa |date=1984 |publisher=Heinemann |isbn=978-0-435-91671-8 |editor-last=Killam |editor-first=G. D. |series=Studies in African literature |location=London ; Exeter, N.H., USA |pages=36-53}}</ref>

Universities, notably the [[University of Nairobi]], played a pivotal role in shaping this literary culture, with student publications serving as platforms for early experimentation in creative writing for latterly well-known writers.<ref name=":1" /> ''Zuka: A Journal of East African Creative Writing,''  founded by the [[Kenya Literature Bureau|East African Literature Bureau]] in 1967, published authors such as [[Taban Lo Liyong]], [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]], [[Angus Calder]], and [[Okot p'Bitek]].