Kachifo Limited
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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.
Farafina Books
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 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) by Sefi Atta.[citation needed] and Zahrah the Windseeker (2008 Wole Soyinka Prize) by Nnedi Okorafor.
Prestige Books
Prestige Books is a subsidy publishing imprint of Kachifo Limited.
Farafina Magazine
Farafina Magazine is a quarterly publication (it was a bi-monthly until September 2007) that 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.[citation needed]
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.