During the years of 1964-1979

China published 230 kinds of Swahili journals and books including China pictorial and Mao Zedong works

as well as literature

art books and children’s books.The China pictorial had issued cumulative numbers of 1 million copies in East Africa.Books in the east African had been issued up to 3 981 004

of which 676 482 are children’s books.These books on Swahili produced an enormous impact in East Africa.Some books such as The Story of Haiwa and Pony Crossed the River are becoming so popular that some are even chosen as the textbooks.It reminds us that we should pay full attention to the overseas spread of Chinese children’s books.