# Jacana

- **Website:** <https://jacana.co.za>
- **Primary alias:** `jacana.co.za`
- **Employees:** 11+
- **Location:** Sunnyside Auckland Park, Gauteng, South Africa
- **Company kind:** PRIVATELY HELD

## Description

Jacana Media, established in 2002, is a trailblazing and fiercely independent South African publishing house. With a focus on critical, adventurous, and independent literature, Jacana Media publishes books in a wide range of genres, including arts, natural history, lifestyle, fiction, South African history, current affairs, memoir, biography, children’s books, and public health. Their publications feature the works of imaginative and award-winning authors who shape and challenge the national conversation. Known for their commitment to diversity and inclusivity, Jacana Media publishes books in all 11 official South African languages, giving voices to the extraordinary and daring. They are also the original publishers of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing. In addition, Jacana Media runs the Jacana Literary Foundation, which hosts literary awards that celebrate outstanding writing from South and southern Africa. With a dedication to independent and groundbreaking literature, Jacana Media is shaping the future of South African publishing.

## Industries

- 📊 Publishing and Printing _(under Business and Consumer Services)_
- 📊 Business and Consumer Services

## Links

- [twitter](https://twitter.com/share)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/jacanamedia)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/jacana-media)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/sharer)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idhKJjxKTp/w/820/h/410/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1782035641527)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idhKJjxKTp/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1747548209123)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mine Shaft | #222222 | dark |
| Alabaster | #f8f8f8 | light |
| Keppel | #2eb4ad | accent |

## Fonts

- var(--wd-title-font) — asset _(custom)_
- var(--wd-text-font) — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idhKJjxKTp/w/1500/h/500/id7MRRlsM2.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1747548209273)

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