Wakonté Publishing exists for the sole purpose of publishing and sharing African and Caribbean Stories. Our stories are about memories of someone’s travails on a matutu or ZR as much as much as they are about the self-doubt of an island girl navigating the New York subway system for the first time. Our stories embrace the languages of the colonial powers as much as they embrace Jamaican patois, pi
dgins, Igbo, Yoruba ,Kwéyòl or the Trinidadian “all yuh”. They are stories of pitching marbles in the sand and playing with coconut bats but they are also stories of moving to new lands with parents who place the weight of legacy on one’s shoulders. They are about our grandparents’ wisdom as much as they are about the folly of our youth. And sometimes they address the not so attractive parts of culture, putting the right issues in the forefront at the right time, and sometimes calling for the progress of change. Perhaps, the most compelling part of Wakonté Publishing's story is that its writers write for social good. Wakonté Publishing commits to setting aside 50 cents USD for every copy of our book sold. The money will be used to establish a fund that will facilitate the donation of grants, literacy and literary projects, as well as school building and development projects across Africa and the Caribbean.
