| Parent company | Africa World Press, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Kassahun Checole |
| Headquarters location | Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Imprints | Africa World Press The Red Sea Press |
| Official website | africaworldpressbooks |
Africa World Press (AWP) is a publishing company founded in 1983 by Kassahun Checole in Trenton, New Jersey, United States, with a mission to publish books on the history, culture and politics of Africa and the African diaspora. Two years later, The Red Sea Press was added as an imprint of AWP, with a primary focus on the Horn of Africa,[1] and taking on the role of distributor for books on and about Africa and people of African descent in the continent as well as the diaspora.[2]