The best-known Kenyan writer of his generation–and an openly gay African–reveals why he’s so passionate about Africa
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The African memoirist who dared to come out
Binyavanga Wainaina is one of Kenya’s leading literary figures–and a gay man in Africa, at a time where it’s dangerous to be one
Binyavanga Wainaina reads from his coming-out chapter
The famed gay Kenyan writer reads a selection from his brave chapter, ‘I am a homosexual, mum’