[1] It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in West Africa.

[2] A third of its titles are in literature, a tenth in history, and 5 per cent each in philosophy, current affairs, education, politics, sociology, and fine arts.

[citation needed] L'Harmattan controls costs by requiring authors to prepare electronic manuscripts in final format, not paying royalties on the first few hundred copies, and having short print runs of only a few hundred for its most specialized books.

[5] In 2021, L'Harmattan was publishing 1,300 "collections" (book series),[6] including the following: This French corporation or company article is a stub.