Tributes Pour in for Kenyan Writer, Activist Binyavanga Wainaina

The 2002 Caine Literary prize winner has died after suffering a stroke at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. Binyavanga revealed to the world that he was gay in a creative piece of writing titled "I am a homosexual, Mum". He was named by Time as one of the Most Influential People in the World in 2014. The author revealed that he was HIV positive in 2016 during World Aids Day. He was set to wed his partner this year.

Binyavanga Wainaina.

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