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Kenya: Friends and Family Bid Farewell to Binyavanga in Style
Nairobi News, 30 May 2019
Family and friends of the late Binyavanga Wainaina on Thursday converged at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi for his memorial. Read more »
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Kenya: Binyavanga - Let Literary Icon Rest in Peace
Nation, 26 May 2019
This past week Africa lost a literary genius, a modern philosopher, a man who fearlessly challenged what we considered 'normal', and bravely lived to tell the tale. Binyavanga… Read more »
Kenyan Literary Icon Binyavanga - Gone But Not Forgotten
"Binyavanga Wainaina's name has featured predominantly in the newsreel, for his literary finesse and controversy alike. Wainaina gave voice to the LGBTQI+ community and the de-stigmatization of HIV, he was a living testament of both. By coming out, he had opened a can of worms and generated a divisive debate on what has always been regarded as a taboo subject in the African context", says James Kahongeh of the Daily Nation.
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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 wr Read more »
