OUR STORY

Ututu Books was founded in Anambra, Nigeria, in 2022, solely to publish, promote, and sell great authentic African plays.

Our mission is to uphold the genre, play, that is almost sidelined in the Africa literary sphere. We believe that African plays deserve to be read locally and globally, we believe that anyone will read plays when they are available and accessible.

Our core aim is to publish plays that challenge boundary; plays that don’t conform to conventions; plays that are authentically African. Every day, on the streets of Africa, people produce play scripts without ever knowing they do. In Onitsha Main Market, the traders are birthing wild dialogues. Lagosians and a conductor in the bus, on the Lagos highway, are producing play scripts. There are important stories and histories that swim in the dialogues of traders and their customers in African local markets, and even at the gathering of African extended families.

We want to publish plays that are resistant to conventions. Support our journey.