Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, activist, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. His debut book, a memoir entitled One Day I Will Write About This Place, was published in 2011. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the 'Most Influential People in the World'. He died in 2019.
[A] Kenyan writer and LGBT activist who made a revolutionary impact
on literature from and about the African continent
*Guardian*
Barbed, playful, inventive . . . African literature would never be
the same . . . An outsize figure on the literary landscape, his
omnivorous brilliance matched by ambition and vision on a
continental scale
*New York Times*
A collection of brilliant writing - essays, stories, journalism,
and even recipes. I admire Wainaina's humour, flamboyance and
intelligence and the way he skewers the usual stereotypes about
Africa
*Times*
Seductive and appetising . . . [Wainaina’s] work is as relevant as
ever [and his] observations remain sharp throughout
*The New Yorker*
[An] award-winning Kenyan writer whose humorous, incisive books and
essays explored themes of post-colonialism, gender and sexual
identity . . . with wit and humour he took apart the paternalism of
certain writers who talk of Africa as one country
*Independent*
He was an intellectual . . . Someone who could have become the
Edward Said of Africa or the James Baldwin of our time
*Leila Aboulela*
An uncompromising commentator . . . [Binyavanga Wainaina] shines a
light on his continent without cliché
*Guardian*
[A] barrier-shattering presence in African literature
*Washington Post*
Unflagging in his generosity, unflinching and direct in his
criticism, [Binyavanga] produced work in his short life that will
have impact longer lasting than those whose time here is twice as
long
*Ellah Wakatama Allfrey*
A trail-blazing Kenyan legend
*Al Jazeera*
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