Malkiat Singh (born 1938) is an Indo-Kenyan author and publisher of textbooks for schools in Kenya.[1]

Biography

Singh was born in Burj village, Punjab, British India.[1] He read English and Political Science at the Panjab University and graduated in 1958. That same year he married and migrated to Kenya with his Kenyan wife, Mohinder Kaur.[1] He began his career as a teacher at Eastleigh High School and later Nairobi Technical High School.[1] He began writing textbooks in the late sixties, and in 1975 he quit teaching to focus on writing full-time.[1]

Since the introduction of the 8-4-4 Curriculum in Kenya he has become the most recognised publisher of textbooks in the country and has published over 100 books.[2] He has over 20 titles approved by the education ministry for use in schools.[3] In 2013 Longhorn Publishers bought the right to publish his books awarding him KSh. 83,000,000/= and royalties.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Malkiat-Singh--Why-I-sold-my-top-selling-books". The Nation.
  2. ↑ Ngunjiri, Joseph. "Malkiat Singh's one-man publishing force presses on".
  3. 1 2 "Malkiat-Singh-makes-sh83-million". Nairobi Wire.
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