Fountain Publishers Explained

Fountain Publishers
Founder:	James Tumusiime
Status:	Active
Country:	Uganda
Headquarters:	Kampala

Fountain Publishers is a publishing company in Uganda and Rwanda.^[1] Fountain is a publisher of educational material, literary material and maps.^[2]

History

Fountain Publishers was started in 1988 by James Tumusiime and his wife.^[3] Its first offices were on top of the former City Bar. Fountain employed only four individuals, with just a typewriter and four desks. Their maiden publication was Who is Who in Uganda, a miniature directory of politicians, religious men and academicians. Their second publication was Uganda 30 Years (1992), a thirty-year-old nation birthday book.^[4]

Notable authors

• Gilbert Bukenya
• Mary Karooro Okurut
• Goretti Kyomuhendo
• Mahmood Mamdani
• Janet Museveni
• Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow
• Michael B. Nsimbi
• Julius Ocwinyo
• Charles Onyango-Obbo
• Taban Lo Liyong
• Lillian Tindyebwa
• Timothy Wangusa

Book series

• Fountain Series in Education Studies^[5]
• Fountain Series in Gender Studies^[6]
• Fountain Series in Law and Business Studies^[7]
• Kituo cha Katiba (Swahili, "Constitution Centre") Occasional Publication (series)^[8]
• Our Heritage Series^[9]
• Tales from the Past^[10]

See also

• List of companies based in Uganda

External links

• , the company's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Talking books: James Tumusiime in conversation with Katherine Salahi. Bellagio Publishing Network . 18 February 2015.
2. Book: Emma Dawson. Varughese. Beyond the Postcolonial: World Englishes Literature. 2012. Palgrave Macmillan. 9781137265234. 107. 25 February 2015.
3. Web site: James Tumusiime, a pillar of indigenous publishing in Uganda. . 25 February 2015.
4. Web site: Fountain Publishers marks 20 years, looks to the future. . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230708/http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/news/latest-news/445 . 25 February 2015. 2016-03-03 .
5. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AFountain+Series+in+Education+Studies Fountain Series in Education Studies
6. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AFountain%20series%20in%20gender%20studies Fountain Series in Gender Studies
7. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AFountain+Series+in+Law+and+Business+Studies Fountain Series in Law and Business Studies
8. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AKituo%20cha%20Katiba%20occasional%20publication Kituo cha Katiba Occasional Publication
9. http://www.fountainpublishers.co.ug/search-results?category=our-heritage-series Our Heritage Series
10. http://www.fountainpublishers.co.ug/search-results?category=tales-from-the-past Tales from the Past