AO. In this interview, founder of Vita Books and the manager of Ukombozi Library describe how the publication of Vita Books' first two booklets in 1986 (Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Writing Against Neo-colonialism and Shiraz Durrani’s Kimaathi: Mau Mau’s First Prime Minister of Kenya) set the tone of the publisher and its anti-imperialist outlook. Following in Vita's footsteps, Ukombozi library's anti-imperialist orientation demonstrated by the types of works they hold and their understanding of librarianship as political is distinct in comparison to other library and archival spaces in Nairobi.
