“African characters should be colourful, exotic, larger than life – but empty inside, with no dialogue, no conflicts or resolutions in their stories, no depth or quirks to confuse the cause”. Here’s our selection of Binyavanga’s quotes.ġ. In 2014 Binyavanga was named one of Time magazine’s 100 “Most Influential People in the World”.īinyavanga influenced many young African writers, and his writings have been praised for invoking fundamental questions about the West’s coverage of Africa, cultural bias, sexuality, and identity. In 2003 he became the founding editor of African literary magazine, Kwani?, the first literary magazine in east Africa since Transition Magazine. In 2002 he won the Caine Prize for African writing. Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Kenya’s most famous writers passed away on May 21.
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