Simba Sana

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Simba Sana is the co-founder and former CEO of Karibu Books, a major indie bookselling phenomenon. Based in his native Washington, D.C., Karibu was perhaps the most successful black-owned book-industry business ever. A former amateur boxer and manager of two professional super-middleweight boxers, Sana graduated from Mount Saint Mary's University with a double major in accounting and business. He later earned a masters degree in African Studies from Howard University and a masters degree in liberal arts from St. John's College. Sana lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.