How to Write About Africa

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A trailblazing collection of writing from Binyavanga Wainaina’s extraordinary life, featuring an introduction from his long-time friend, Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBinyavanga 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

Additional information

Weight 0.255 kg
Dimensions 2.2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

368

Publisher

Year Published

2024-4-4

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0241252539

About The Author

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

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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

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