Three Crowns Books was an imprint of

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devoted to writing from the British colonies in Africa and South Asia. The series was active publishing for both the UK and international market from 1962 until 1976. Notable authors whose works were published by this imprint include

Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka , (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two transla ...

, Obi Egbuna, J. P. Clark, Ola Rotimi, and Barbara Kimenye.

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