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The tightening of library acquisition budgets must be viewed against the backdrop of a demand from the student bodies, as reflected in the last 18 months or so of protest, for free, quality, decolonised higher education. The demand for decolonised higher education must be viewed against the backdrop of small markets for African content rendering such publications a financial risk for small African publishers as large international publishers have little or no interest in publishing material with small markets. One of the possible ways forward is for libraries to play a much more proactive role. The role of “library as a publisher” is fast gaining momentum internationally. This paper will examine the new trend of ‘library as a publisher’ from the global south perspective. It will also examine the provision of free textbooks using open platforms as a possible contribution to the quest for free and decolonized quality education.