Fountain Publishers

Fountain Publishers is a publishing company in Uganda and Rwanda. Fountain is a publisher of educational material, literary material and maps.

History
Fountain Publishers was started in 1988 by James Tumusiime and his wife. Its first offices were on top of the former City Bar. Fountain employed only four individuals, with just a typewriter and four desks. Their maiden publication was Who is Who in Uganda, a miniature directory of politicians, religious men and academicians. Their second publication was Uganda 30 Years (1992), a thirty-year-old nation birthday book.

Notable authors

 * Gilbert Bukenya
 * Mary Karooro Okurut
 * Goretti Kyomuhendo
 * Mahmood Mamdani
 * Janet Museveni
 * Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow
 * Michael B. Nsimbi
 * Julius Ocwinyo
 * Charles Onyango-Obbo
 * Taban Lo Liyong
 * Lillian Tindyebwa
 * Timothy Wangusa

Book series

 * Fountain Series in Education Studies
 * Fountain Series in Gender Studies
 * Fountain Series in Law and Business Studies
 * Kituo cha Katiba (Swahili, "Constitution Centre") Occasional Publication (series)
 * Our Heritage Series
 * Tales from the Past