Karibu Books to Shut Doors
For Good

Over the next few weeks, Karibu Books will close all five of its Washington, DC, metro area stores after 15 years of service.

This is very sad news for me. I first met Simba Sana, founder of Karibu Books, when his only location was a kiosk at a mall in Maryland and I watched with pride as he expanded to multiple locations throughout the area. I had some of my biggest and most enthusiastic crowds at the various Karibu branches. Sana and his staff were the best, and he and I often reminisced about how we started and grew together in this business.

Other African-American owned bookstores have closed over the past several years. This one truly feels like the passing of an era.

You can read Sana’s note to the public about the closing as well as the discounts on his inventory on the website.