Granta is one of the most celebrated literary magazines in the English-speaking world. Founded in 1889 as a student publication at the University of Cambridge, it was relaunched in its current form in 1979 by Bill Buford, who transformed it into an influential venue for new writing, reportage, and photography. Published by Granta Publications in London, it has championed writers including Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, and many others, and its themed issues — including the landmark "Dirty Realism" number that introduced Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, and Tobias Wolff to British readers — have shaped literary taste for over four decades.
The OlongoAfrica Library holds 108 issues of Granta, spanning the full arc of its modern run and representing one of the most comprehensive holdings of the magazine on the African continent.
