A trailblazing collection of writing from Binyavanga Wainaina's extraordinary life, featuring an introduction from his long-time friend, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Binyavanga Wainaina was a seminal author and creative force, remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life. This ground-breaking collection brings together, for the first time, Binyavanga's pioneering writing on the African continent including many of his most critically acclaimed pieces, such as the viral satirical sensation How to Write About Africa. Writing fearlessly across a range of topics - from politics to international aid, cultural heritage and redefining sexuality - this is a remarkable illustration of a writer at the height of his power. 'A fierce literary talent' Nesrine Malik, Guardian 'A provocative satirist . . . his omnivorous brilliance [was] matched by ambition and vision on a continental scale' New York Times
Binyavanga Wainaina Boeken
Binyavanga Wainaina was een gevierd auteur van korte verhalen, essays en journalistiek. Hij richtte Kwani? op, een baanbrekend literair tijdschrift dat Afrikaanse stemmen versterkte. Zijn werk dook in de complexiteit van de Afrikaanse identiteit en samenleving en bood genuanceerde perspectieven. Wainaina's invloed reikte verder dan het schrijven, aangezien hij zich actief inzette voor het koesteren van opkomend literair talent, wat zijn nalatenschap als een vitale figuur in de hedendaagse Afrikaanse literatuur verstevigde.



One Day I Will Write about This Place: A Memoir
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"A Kenyan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . . . suffused by a love affair with language."—Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of 2011 In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family, tribe, and nationhood in joyous, ecstatic language.