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Walter Bgoya

Walter Bgoya (born 1942) is a Tanzanian publisher, author, and Pan‑Africanist intellectual known for his leadership of public and independent publishing initiatives in Tanzania. He served as General Manager of Tanzania Publishing House (TPH) from 1972 until 1990 and then founded and managed his own company Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, established in 1981 in Dar es Salaam.

Distinguished as Chairman of the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa and Publisher of the Year in 2024, Bgoya and his promotion of literary and non-fiction books in both English and Kiswahili have been repeatedly acknowledged by the African and international publishing industry. Provided by Wikipedia