Our Heritage
A century of the printed word
In 1913, missionary L. E. A. Lane arrived at Gendia, near Kendu Bay, and built a small grass-thatched hut to house a single printing press — worked, at first, by foot.
From that humble beginning the press became a beacon. The very first publication to roll off the press was the Sabbath School Lesson Quarterly in the Dholuo language (1914). Over the decades the work grew: a Luo hymnbook, the Swahili translation of The Great Controversy, and a growing army of literature evangelists who carried the books from village to village.
Today, as Africa Herald Publishing House, we remain an institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church — still publishing, still printing, still pointing hearts to Christ.
1913Founded at Gendia, Kendu Bay — a press by foot, a message for a continent.
1914First publication: the Sabbath School Lesson Quarterly in Dholuo.
1932The Great Controversy translated into Kiswahili — truth in the heart language.
TodayPublishing in seven languages from the shores of Lake Victoria.
