Not long ago, I saw an article that would have both delighted and exasperated the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. “Entrepreneurs are planning autonomous ‘charter cities’ as an answer to Africa ...

NAIROBI, May 22 (Reuters) - Binyavanga Wainaina, theaward-winning Kenyan writer who challenged stereotypes of Africawith biting satire and took on prejudice by documenting his lifeas an openly gay man ...

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Two weeks ago, when I heard, in Lagos, that Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had signed an anti-gay bill into law, a Nigerian friend archly commented, “I don’t know why people are surprised.” She ...

Binyavanga Wainaina became an African literary celebrity in 2005, when Granta published his instructions for travel writers, journalists and aid workers on ‘how to write about Africa’. ‘Be sure to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 2005, when Binyavanga Wainaina was 34, he saw an edition of the British literary journal Granta dedicated to ...

Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina has died at the age of 48, the publication he founded announced. Wainaina, the founder of the literary magazine Kwani, passed away following a short ...

Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Africa's best-known writers and gay rights activists, died Tuesday at 48. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kenyan blogger and journalist James Murua about Wainaina's legacy.

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We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Binyavanga Wainaina news every morning. In 2005, when Binyavanga Wainaina was 34, he saw an edition of the British literary journal ...