Kachifo Limited is an independent publishing house based in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in 2004 by Muhtar Bakare. Its imprints currently include Farafina Books, Farafina Educational, Prestige Books, and Farafina Magazine.
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Farafina Books is an independent publisher of literary and popular fiction, textbooks, coffee table, general interest and children's books.
Farafina has established a presence in the West African sub-continent and has built up a reputation as a credible outlet for good quality contemporary African writing. Four of the imprint's literary fiction publications have gone on to win major awards: Purple Hibiscus (Commonwealth Prize for first book) and Half of a Yellow Sun (Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction), both by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Everything Good Will Come (2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Fiction) by Sefi Atta. and Zahrah the Windseeker (2008 Wole Soyinka Prize for Fiction) by Nnedi Okorafor.
Prestige Books is a subsidy publishing imprint of Kachifo Limited.
Farafina Magazine is a quarterly publication (it was a bi-monthly until September 2007) which provides a high quality medium for people all over the world to freely express their world view. It is a general interest magazine written in simple uncluttered prose and illustrated with humorous drawings and photographs. The magazine has received strong commendations from people from different walks of life.
Every issue of the magazine is compiled by a guest editor. Guest editors for the magazine have included the writers Uzodinma Iweala, Molara Wood, Okey Ndibe, and Petina Gappah.
Farafina Magazine has featured the works of Wole Soyinka, Segun Afolabi, Uche James Iroha, Funmi Iyanda, Dinaw Mengestu, Barbara Murray, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Helon Habila, Tosin Oshinowo, Patrice Nganang, Jide Alakija, Nnedi Okorafor and a plethora of other writers and graphical artists.